Robert Downey Jr.
That’s why he was unsure when he first kissed on film
Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey Jr. in “The Pick-up Artist.”
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How do you kiss correctly? Robert Downey Jr. probably asked himself this question during his first movie kiss.
Robert explains what influence a Hollywood legend can have on a young actor Downey Jr. (58) in a new interview. In the 1980s, his older colleague even managed to make Downey Jr. barely know how to kiss at all during his first film kiss.
“He gave a lot of instructions for the kiss”
In conversation asked about it with “W Magazine”.the Hollywood star remembers that his first movie kiss must have been with Molly Ringwald (55) in the comedic romance “The Pick-up Artist,” which was released in 1987.
One of the producers was Warren Beatty (86), who, among other things, caused a stir as an actor with “Bonnie and Clyde” in 1967. Numerous Oscar nominations followed, and in 1982 the multi-talented film “Reds” was named best director.
However, following the Hollywood legend’s numerous instructions for the scene apparently wasn’t all that easy for Downey Jr., as he remembers. “Warren Beatty was on set and he gave us a lot of instructions for the kiss,” says the actor. There were so many instructions “that when he was finished, I wasn’t even sure I knew how to kiss.” Nevertheless, according to him, Beatty was “a super genius and I learned so much from him.”
Robert Downey Jr.: This actress was his childhood crush
In the conversation, Downey Jr. also talks about his teenage film crush: Meryl Streep (74). He remembers that he probably saw Streep in “The Ones Who Go Through Hell” and that he must have been around 14 years old at the time. The fact that she was recently honored as an “icon” by the Academy Museum only reinforced this. “Meryl, do you see that? Call me,” jokes the Hollywood star.