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I remember when people said, Man, that's a powerful scene in the movie! and I was like, We just shot this thing before lunch, I don't know, he tears a log apart, I said some words.
Robert Downey, Jr.
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Robert Downey, Jr.
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 4
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