Robert Downey Jr.
Ten years he could have done without personally. Ten years his career could not have done without. Robert Downey Jr. seems just the latest poster boy for an over indulgent, self-destructive generation. The 90’s showed more than a few shoots and ladders for Downey. It’s 1993, and it looks like he is on top of the world. There’s a loving wife, a newborn son, and an Oscar nomination for his performance as Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin. But there’s more to this story. “I’m starting to think, you know maybe I better start thinking about the marathon instead of the sprint,” says Downey. Robert Downey Sr., his father, is the one who first introduced his six-year-old son to marijuana. “I think a lot of us did things and thought it would be hypocritical not to have our kids participate in marijuana, and so we thought it was cute to let them smoke it and all. It was an idiot move on our parts.” Downey Senior admits. Until 1996, none of his problems had become public. But the carefully constructed image was beginning to shake. His wife, model/actress Deborah Falconer, moved out in April, taking their two-year-old son with them. Falconer, a former addict herself, later said that part of it was because of his drug abuse.
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