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 Entertainment | April 2008 
Robert Downey Jr. is Ready to Play the Hero in 'Iron Man'
 Rachel Abramowitz - Los Angeles Times
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| | Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in the movie "Iron Man." (Industrial Light & Magic) | | |
The reformed bad boy is back on the industry's radar. It's probably that flying metal suit he's wearing.
To become a mega-movie star these days, a man must don the tights. With a few notable exceptions like Leonardo DiCaprio, who had the good fortune to be in the highest-grossing movie of all time (that would be "Titanic"), almost every $20-million man has done his time as a caped crusader, masked marvel or some popcorn equivalent, such as a pirate or extraterrestrial G-man.
Call it the Nicolas Cage career plan, in which Cage traded in artistic cred for more muscles, Bruckheimer-bravado and enormous paychecks. In his canny wake have followed Johnny Depp, Tobey Maguire, Keanu Reeves, Will Smith - the list of stars who've streamlined their individuality for mega-stardom goes on and on.
Now it's Robert Downey Jr.'s turn.
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