From 1996 to 2001, Robert Downey Jr., one of today’s most bankable movie stars, was entrenched in an endless cycle of self-destructive drug use and arrests. He was fired from “Ally McBeal” and denied a role in a Woody Allen film. Many wondered if he’d ever bounce back.
At one point, he famously told an L.A. judge, “I have a loaded gun in my mouth and my finger’s on the trigger” He continued, “and I like the taste of the gunmetal.”
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