The Woman Behind The Burger King Incident That Saved Robert Downey Jr's Career
famous struggles with drugs made the actor tough to insure. His widely publicized run-ins with the law weren’t a good selling point, either, but the talented actor rose above his struggles with addiction. Downey was able to do so with the help of Susan, his wife.
After being released from court-ordered rehab in 2002, Downey was largely viewed as unemployable. He scored a role in the movieby agreeing to withhold part of his payment until filming had concluded. It was on set of that movie that Downey met his future wife, who worked for Dark Castle Entertainment as a producer at the time., Susan admitted that, at first, she didn’t feel much of an attraction. “I thought he was a brilliant actor, but it didn’t go beyond that.
It wasn’t long before the two were officially dating. The romance moved fast, Susan revealed, “More than anything, I never doubted it. There was something in my gut that knew really quickly. I knew three months in that this was it.” Six months after their first date, the pair was engaged.Like any new lovers, Downey and Susan were caught up with the excitement and joy, but theactor wasn’t totally over his addiction struggles.
The ultimatum stuck and in 2003, after a visit to Burger King, Downey threw the drugs he’d stashed in his car into the ocean, deciding right then that he was done with them for good. Susan takes partial credit for Downey’s choice to quit. “I think he saw what we had. There was something magical there, something we couldn’t put our finger on,” she said.
Though working together makes the couple happy, it also opens them up to rumors from tabloids. For instance,
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