Robert Downey Jr. ‘Didn’t Even Watch’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Because Paul McCartney Was Next to Him

"Robert Downey Jr. ‘Didn’t Even Watch’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Because Paul McCartney Was Next to Him

Robert Downey Jr. was unable to attend the premiere or help promote Oppenheimer this summer due to the actors' strike. Rather, he presented the film in a Hamptons screening. Downey Jr. was oblivious to the action on TV while he sat next to Paul McCartney because he was so overcome by stardom.

The actors' strike kept Downey Jr. from attending Oppenheimer's premiere. Rather, he invited all the people he knew who were staying in the Hamptons to a modest premiere he was hosting there.

He said on Jimmy Kimmel Live, "I invited everyone who was in the Hamptons, and strangely, for the first time in my career, everyone RSVP'd."

While a number of celebrities were present, Downey Jr. was particularly mesmerized by McCartney, who was seated beside him during the film.

He remarked, "I realize I'm sitting next to Paul McCartney when the movie starts." "And I thought, 'Dude, Paul McCartney is sitting next to me and he sent in an RSVP. I was just kind of breathing in time with him as I was smelling his perfume at the time. I didn't even see the film.
Even Downey Jr., who has been well-known for many years, gets star struck when he sees legends.


If Downey Jr. could have kept his eyes on the screen, he would have seen himself play Lewis Strauss in a role deserving of an Oscar. Since the movie's premiere, the actor has generated Oscar hype, and he most recently won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. He defeated Mark Ruffalo for Poor Things, Ryan Gosling for Barbie, Charles Melton for May December, Robert De Niro for Killers of the Flower Moon, and Willem Dafoe for Poor Things.

Together with Steven Spielberg, another living legend, McCartney attended the Oppenheimer premiere. Given that they both own houses in the Hamptons, the two went to the July screening.

Spielberg and McCartney have been friends for many years; in the 1980s, McCartney sought Spielberg's guidance while deciding to film a biography of The Beatles.

Rolling Stone was stated by McCartney, "I spoke with Steven Spielberg about it, and he was much more encouraging than Dick Lester." "Martin Scorsese could be a good person to talk to," he remarked.

Despite not having yet completed the definitive Beatles film, Scorsese did produce the 2011 documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World.


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