Say what you will about press tour obligations and ‘knowing what he was getting himself in for when he became a celebrity,’ but we all know our fascination – if we’re speaking of society collectively – with the personal lives of actors is legit fucked.
Further to that, this particular interviewer Krishnan Guru-Murthy is a chronic ball ache. (With respect).
Around the midway point of the 7 minute slot Robert Downey Jr was visibly done and Guru-Murthy kept pushing because that’s his job – but like, dude, read the room.
In the words of Channel 4: “Robert Downey Jr talks super heroes, Iron Man and his latest movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, but when the questions turn to his family and colourful past the film star brought the interview to an abrupt end.”