Robert Downey Jr. HATED Iron Man Helmet?!
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2024
- Robert Downey Jr., the iconic face behind Iron Man, unveils his unexpected dislike for the superhero's iconic helmet. Dive into the behind-the-scenes scoop as we explore why the beloved actor had a contentious relationship with the very symbol of his superhero alter ego. Join us as we uncover the intriguing backstory behind Downey Jr.'s feelings towards the Iron Man helmet, shedding new light on the man behind the mask. Don't miss out on this fascinating insight into the world of Marvel's cinematic universe! #RobertDowneyJr #IronMan #Marvel #ironmanstatus #ironmanbeststatus #behindthescenes #avangers #helmet
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The practical suit period really was the peak of the MCU
We want it back man...
Only problem was that the mask got in the way of his safety and comfort
@@kylief2975Wuss.
Or what they could have done is instead of CGI the entire helmet they could just give him glowing eyes in post and keep the helmet if he really couldn't see
@@NoahSprague cg lights looks bad mixed with practical props. keep the helmet but cg the face mask for accurate cg lighting.
"They wanted to spend as little as they could on CGI so they built a real fully functional Iron Man suit"
I think he means that they would’ve had to do both. The real thing, plus CGI for the scenes that didn’t show Tony making it. Maybe.
I wish... Though tbh it probably would legitimately be cheaper than what cgi studios be charging these days..
Spared no expense
It may sound logical
It wasn’t real metal or fully functional it just had a paint job and flashing LeD’s
“oh this is a cool helmet! cant believe robert downy wore thi-“
**gets flashbanged**
"I told you to think fast, chucklenuts"
funny comment 10/10
An actually funny comment. Rare sighting these days. Take my like brother!
"MY EYES!"
"MY EYES!!!!" - SpongeBob Show
*GASPS*
Why does robert sound like he inhaled 20 gallons of helium
Edit: wow
Came here to see if anyone else noticed 😂
@@wolfenstein731 Same omg
Cause it’s obvious not him in those clips
clips are sped up
Trying to avoid copyright claim
RDJ on helium
😂
Yeah what’s that about? Reminds me of that stupid TikTok trend lol.
@@rizzo-filmsidk copyright???
@@luisn642 reading through comments I think some have the right answer. The clips were likely sped up to fit the UA-cam shorts format and pacing but whomever did the editing didn’t preserve the original pitch. Just sped up the clips, dropped them in and moved on.
LMAOOOOO
Its also why the first iron man has aged like wine and feels the most real. Still the best marvel film imo.
I absolutely LOVE that first _Ironman_ movie and most of the Ironman scenes from that film remain some of the best in the MCU.
...but to be fair, that very first "suit up" scene in the newly minted Ironman suit did NOT age well _at all._ The cg was SUPER janky and very VERY bad. At the time of it's release (2008) I remember being awestruck. But rewatching that particular scene the flaws are magnified and very obvious.
Not true.
@deckzone3000 "IMO..."
-Not true
Oxymoron moment
god that movie is so peak
Totally agree 💯
Cosplayers: Come back when you have 300 more hours in a FULL suit and we will talk
You think they filmed a movie in 12 days
@@Sharutia bro actually divided 300 by 24
Hacksmitj
@@MrGermandeutschlmaoo
@@MrGermandeutschlightwork math
Fans: we want practical suits back
The actors who have to wear them 8 hours a day: no please don’t
Edit: Apparently ppl took this joke’s seriously
They really should bring practical suits back tho
i think its a 50/50 you dont want them wearing the suit the entire time, but you still need them for reference, and it can be important to have scenes where the actor is wearing a full suit because it gives more weight than what cgi would give, its why robert d j had to wear the chestpiece and helmets most of the time because it was the most important spots that needed to look real like with the arms and legs you could just cgi and edit those as need be, its why gwenyth paltrows scene in avengers end game looked so wonky because it was Entirely CGI, they didnt even make a mask mold for her face as reference to make it look right, its why cgi should never be used 100%
The actors who get paid millions of dollars
@@johndawson6057still.
It’s not really your decision how much suffering the actor has to deal with per day.
If Robert doesn’t want the Practical suits to come back they probably shouldn’t come back.
@@johndawson6057 And thus gets a say on what he wants to do.
The fact that the practice suit looked that good is insane
Looked like a actual Ironman suit
But also it's fair that he didn't want to wear a helmet anymore. I mean literally being blinded by your own costume doesn't seem worth it
@@teneesh3376There has to be a way to meet somewhere in the middle. Maybe slightly dimmer lights and shades. A decent compromise somewhere would've probably helped. Or maybe they tried
@@bola5671he was paid 45 mil, he should be forced to compromise wearing a helmet.
@@JuicedOnKids I don't disagree entirely. For $1 mil, I'd wear a used condom but he's worth what they were willing to agree on. I do imagine a bright light like that can't be good for his eyes though, which becomes a potential health issue
That was lowkey reason why it was so well received and loved. Their hard work paid off and look where it got the MCU.
Right to a dollar tree trash bin
Are you dense? The cgi sucks
@@RockSleeper Brother this was 2008. Compared to those standards I would never say the cgi sucked, heck it'll even go toe to toe against many cgi based movies of today. But the point of my comment and this short was not even about the cgi so I don't know why you are yapping about it. Jon Favreau used as many practical effects as he could and didn't solely rely on cgi. That's why the movie looked awesome. That's what we are all appreciating here.
it’s went down the fast and furious route wdym
@@RockSleepercgi only sucks when you know it's there 😂 movies are littered with cgi you just don't know it. Saying all cgi is bad makes you look like a moron lol
People seem to forget RDJ was untouchable nuclear waste in Hollywood when the first ironman was made. He had no problem making the sacrifice as it was his only way back in.
So he practically got flashbanged whenever he put on the helmet
Yes, but unlike a flashbang it lasted HOURS for many days..😬 doesn’t sound fun
And that's why the first movie still looks the best
Sounds like his dress pants are tighter than the Ironman suit.
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But they painted over pratical suit anyway. Every single shot of ironam suit is CGI in first movie.
@@majorbombasit’s not?
Well the CG wasn't as rushed. By the time they were working on avengers movies everything had narrow deadlines which left everything looking like ass
Hard work pays off bro. Theres a reason the first Iron Man movie looks amazing
Yeh nano tech was getting quite boring
@@nunanagajugeo9499for iron man i think it’s fine
@@SpiderCruncherno
@@ceshmate1953 it is really boring, especially now that they push it everywhere
Everyone now has a nanotech suits and it's just boring I liked it more when the suit was there and not materialized out of nowhere
Yeah, if its done right a costume will always look more natural even though CGI will make things look more smooth. The early suit also helped with looking more basic if can evevn call hes suit that over the mutch more smooth looking Nano suit he got later on.
Wow! You get paid millions of dollars, but wearing a helmet?! No way, that is pure torture!! Poor man, I don't know how he endured so much suffering!
The fact that they started with practical suits is probably why the suits still looked so good even when they were fully cg. They had perfect reference material. Only the nano suit (easily the worst one imo) lacks that sense of realism.
Before Iron Man, most directors wouldn't touch RDJ with a 10 foot pole because he had a reputation of being a huge liability. So he didn't have a lot of negotiating power. Iron Man was really his comeback opportunity. It really saved his career.
Not without doing the work of being an actor who takes the role seriously, even if it is "just comic books"
It was Terrence Howard who recommended RDJ for the part.
Marvel was initially reluctant to hire Downey because of his past struggles with addiction. But it was Howard who convinced the studio to give him a chance, taking a $1 million pay cut and vouching for his pal.
@@deertee1so that's why he demand his paycheck paid way more than RDJ in Iron man 2? How convenient,so now he's the good guy and RDJ is an a**hole?
he saved the MCU
As as soon as RDJ left, Marvel died again
Those "practical" suits were some of the work of the late Stan Winston
God rest his soul
Who?
Winton
@@JakeyBro69Legendary practical effects wizard who made a lot of the coolest costumes, creatures, and prosthetics in movies. Aliens, Terminator, Predator, Jurassic Park, Edward Scissorhands, The Thing - all his studio.
You should look him up. It’s an endlessly fascinating and awe-inspiring rabbit hole. That dude was built different and he left a painful Stan Winston-shaped hole in cinema when he died.
Why is Robert sounding like he just inhaled an entire room full of helium 😅
Uploader raised the pitch to avoid copyright.
Robert Downey Jr: "Hey this wasn't as bad as i expecte-"
**life flashes before bros eyes**
Practical mixed with the heavy metals and machine sound design was peak iron man.
"Sound design."
No, the cgi sucks
I'm your 1.k like 👍
@@RockSleeperthat’s what he’s saying 🤦♂️
Yes.
I love how early selling point for CGI was the ability to save on expensive practical effects. Then by late 2000's "yeah, we don't have too much cgi money, let's just make a functioning suit with opening hydraulic helmet"
Yeah is a bit a weird one... it was the exponential cost! CGI was more expensive BUT was cheaper to achieve the level of "realism" that was increasingly desired at the time, that would cost more and take longer if it was done with practical effects, artists and specialists, multiple models of same thing for different shots massive sets and there construction workers to build them even multiple versions of the same set and re-shoots themselves plus potential theft of those models which often happened and still happens! And you are right because NOW CGI is the 'go to' but they don't but put the money in order to make worth while and it looks shite and jarring after a couple of years! However by just throwing out a bunch of movies like this the make money and they don't care if the movie was bad of look bad they just trying to take care of parents that have no interest but still bring their with kids to see those movies because NOW, it doesn't need to look real! It just needs to sell toys! The opening weekend tickets are just a bonus
Wasn't the early selling point the things you couldn't do without practical effects?
There are some things that you never see in old movies because they couldn't do that
what did they do to my man’s voice 😭
voice acting
This is why practical effects should be respected, the actors who wear them have about 100 different things that could easily hinder their performance and yet they make magic happen. Cgi can be cool if the artists are given enough time and care, but practical + CGI enhancements will ALWAYS reign as supreme.
To this day I still think the effects of “Where The Wild Things Are” are still some of the best combination of practical puppets and cgi enhancement. It still looks real.
Thing is, CG is easily spotted. The fact that they used practical effects where the pieces of the helmet are actually moving in real space and lighting, made the suite that much more believable.
Spoiled rich actors get what spoiled rich actors want.
@@leftoids.are.cringe Meh, I don't care. He's the one in the suit having to deal with it. It's all well and good to point the finger and call him spoiled, when you're not in the suit having to deal with the problems, first-hand.
@@Jeremiah_Johnson139 Yeah if I was getting paid what he was getting paid, after being handed a second chance at fame/fortune from drug abuse, you’d better believe I’d wear that suit in my sleep. Keep running D for celebs that don’t even think about you though. It’s cute.
@@leftoids.are.cringeit's not even about wealth dude. It's not practical having a bright light in your face all the time. It's a health hazard and can make you blind
@@chumbopshop Damn, if only he could have asked them to dim the lights or add the lights in post rather than removing the entire practical effects of the suit. Red herring. Next.
Was it Downey's acting & charisma that made the IM movies great, or was it the suit? For me, it was Downey. The suit was a bonus.
Agreed
Downing performance in the Helmet Hud is what sold it. He really does seem like he's flying around and dealing with stuff. Not just looking at a screen and reading lines.
@@TheDalinkwent There was a lot more to his 11 years as TS than shots of him with the HUD. I understand if that's what you enjoyed the most, but that alone didn't make his character the heart of the franchise. He couldn't be in the suit and give his best performance. The CGI was going to take over regardless of what he wanted anyway.
@@dasupertramp5855 My overall point is if theres a distance between Downey in and out of the suit..the whole thing doesnt work.
We need to believe Robert is in the suit to sell the danger and action and Roberts performance sells it.
"If you're nothing without the suit, then you shouldn't have it." Such a good statement
Doing RDJ dirty with that increased pitch on his voice lol
After RDJ realized that he could never be replaced as the best Iron Man he started making some demands😂😂
The practical suit looks so much better
Tony Stark was always improving his suits, only because Tony learns from his mistakes.
And even the CGI suits looked less fake because they were based on a real practical suit.
@@macmcleod1188 you're kidding right? the cg suits were trash...
@@withered962 no I'm not kidding. There have been movies with much worse CGI costumes because they were based on nothing. At least here they had one original physical reference.
@@macmcleod1188 the last suit looked worst as it was 100% cgi
This is why the first movie still looks the best by a mile
RDJ is sounding like Conor mcgregor
RDJ ooh this helmet is very uncomfortable, Jackie chan i have a hole in my skull.
his voice changed dramatically too
Yeah bro
The edit is so weird idk why they made his voice like that 😂
@@HaleyHeartsmaybe copyright reasons? I know that editors change small things like that to avoid copy right strike or something 🤷♀️
@@leg1onunkn0wn51 ah that would make a lot of sense, true 😁
@HaleyHearts or... they've done speeding up on the clip, hense the high pitch as a result of compressing the wavelength
Explains why theres not a lot of scenes of him using the suit
Indeed.. I kept seeing Robert The actor and not Tony Stark the Iron Man.
@@RetroRuin
I remember watching a Pink Panther movie expecting it to be a 2D-Real life mix like Space Jam just for it to be about a pink diamond... 💀
guy is probably in the armor for less than 20 minutes in his own solo movies@@RetroRuin
@guillermo7168 I remember that too💀of some random detective looking for itand the only part that did show the pink panther was the opening
@@guillermo7168THAT SHIT PISSED ME OFF AS KID lmao
Well, now we know why the later movies just dont have that same feeling esthetically
"Paint it on after" lol I love that dude
Damn, they could at least made the led on the eyes with cgi, the man had to act blinded by the lights
probably wouldve been a pain to track onto the eyes and wouldnt have looked great.
@@tomcat7493 well, after seeing the first Iron man again, i can see that the cgi budget really wans't so great, compared to other movies like transformers that came on the same time
He can't see clearly when you're gone, gone, gone
@@caasieu the feck you on aboot mate
@@tomcat7493I mean probably not… just look at Spider-Man and Deadpool’s eyes that are all CGI and the mask eyes actually move. It would be really easy for them to just add the lights into the eyes w CGI
I didnt know alvin was an avenger
I love your comment so much. I was going to make a comment about the voice.
That's clearly Theodore
Lol
😂 best comment
@@subtlename2873Nah, that's Simon.
Looks like the snap changed his voice😂
His voice sounds so high, like he inhaled helium.
The real helmet doesn't just save the studio money on CG. It also makes the final product look more real, not only because the helmet is actually there, but because the actor wearing it moves like he's wearing a helmet. He feels the weight and limitations of it and moves accordingly. That's why the first Iron Man film feels like we're seeing something actually happening, and Endgame feels like we're watching Saturday morning cartoons.
Yes, but I’m also willing to accept that there’s some actual verisimilitude going on. In the first movie, he’s wearing the first three marks and just learning how to use them. By Endgame, he’s got years of experience wearing the suits, is on the 85th iteration, and it’s made out of nanomachines, son.
@falsehero2001 alright that was a very big word I had to Google that one dude 💀
💯💯💯
Excellent points!
@@falsehero2001I was gonna say, the last iron man suit was essentially a second skin, both literally and figuratively.
"I'm the dude, playing the guy disguise as another dude"
Yeah I play VR a lot and even just playing in that headset is pretty uncomfortable for a couple hours especially if you're sweating a lot due to hot weather or actively moving around a lot. I can't imagine a full faced vise grip like helmet doing a job for +8 hours in all types of weather and motions. Props to RDJ for pushing through all that especially when most likely those prop helmets are not made for comfort.
The practical fully built iron man suit was the peak of the entire Marvel universe movies
Not only was the helmet uncomfortable, but to save money the studio pumped helium into the air conditioning system. RDJ’s voice was deepened in post production.
That makes zero sense. Helium is used for leak detection.
@@konflict1231you don’t know anything about how things work in real life life kid, just go and keep playing fortnite instead
@@blakbear6528Damn😂😂😂
Can’t find anything about this, did you make this up?
@@blakbear6528he’s probably right though
To this day I think iron Man 1 still looks better than the newer movies because they didn't use CGI it looked so real
Same goes for Spider-Man. Original trilogy is the best.
Which scenes? Because there were scenes where the whole suit was CGI.
@@godconvoy yeah enhanced on the suit he was already wearing
@@demonslugeryeah, like when he was flying
So he’s the reason that every single character has nanotechnology now lol
Think abt superman with them tights on how he felt 💀💀💀
Ah. So RDJ is the reason why every character has a nanotech helmet in the MCU.
Exactly
They could have just hired a stunt actor to learn RDJ's mannerisms and have him do all the suit scenes.
Would have saved millions
I thought the same thing after watching lol
Iron Man has famously been using nanotech in his suits in the comics for a long time.
Iron Man armor model 29, a.k.a the Extremis Armor. First appearance 2005. It was essentially the first sort of nano-tech/compressed-tech suit that he had in the comics and it was 3 years before the first film even released. So no, RDJ isn't the reason anybody has anything in the MCU, it's all just showing people shit that existed in the comics already...
Furthermore, going from physical props to CG overlay is infinitely better for both the actors and the filming process as it reduces the amount of cuts you need to make for everything to look seamless, and the physical props need a bunch of editing done to make them look "right" anyway so they're not just 1:1 using the thing and showing us how it looked on set.
It's kind of crazy to think about a time where the MCU actively avoided using cgi
Peter Weller: Oh you didn't like the helmet? Let me tell you something...
the armor looked real, that was the best part.
It was only the 1st movie where the suit was real
In the 2nd and 3rd he still wore the chest plate and the helmet but not the rest
lol you should Rewatch those movies
It was a mix.
Watch the behind the scenes. He never used a fully practical suit. They used parts of it and the rest was mocap suit+CGI.
@@The_Curious_Cat, depends. What suit are you talking about. He did wear some of the full suits a few times. There were also multiple versions of each type of suit.
But that's also why it lools worse in infinity war. That onr scene after "Why is Gamorra", iron mans helmet is literally 2 pixels (or rather voxels) thick during the extremely poorly made cgi helmet
They should’ve use a real nano tech helmet or something?😂
@@Noa_persico I'm not sure what you are getting at. Nano-tech or not, the problem is that they don't add size that match the thickness of the helmet. Even if it's nanotech, it has to still build up a thick layer so it actually has rigidity and strength. So this is why the suit looks so much better in the first movie, because it is made based in a real suit built up around RDJ's body.
It's a similar story with e.g. Master Chief's armor in Halo. The only armor that realistically makes sense is the one from Halo 4, as that one is the only one bulky enough to actually fit a human inside of it.
While I love and prefer the looks of the Halo 2 and 3 armor, the size of the person inside that suit has to be very skinny.
@@Wistbacka I totally agree with you. I hate how thin those "costumes" are. It just doesn't make sense.
Its a fkn movie 🤦♂️ not that serious
@@Wistbackawhat you said is false
“Fix it in post” 😂
Tom cruise really do that practical in iron man
Meanwhile in Japan, Guy blindfolds himself while training for his stunts before performing with the actual suit on
Japan would be like that
@@Tefezilla Kazuo Niibori. Nuff said
Yea and everyday blue collar american workers go through much worse 6-7 days a week than, "omg my headgear is uncomfy"
In japan there's always at least 3 ongoing production that makes consistent, if not borderline eccessive (real iron chains, anyone?) use of their abilities
Hell, they are head-to-head with italian actors playing the mobster, for amount of yearly roles!
@@serPomiz Iron Chains? Kiva reference?
Thats why the 1st one felt more authentic
Darth Vader: you disappoint me. Everything I've done is in my Full Suit.
Nobody gonna mention how they made Downey sound like he’s 12?😂
RDJ hit that TRT fast, homie don’t have that helium voice no more 😂
Robert Downey Jr sounds like he's on balloon helium 😂
Are there other varieties of helium?
That's why 16 years later it's still the best looking Iron Man suit.
I honestly think the practical suit looked soooo much better but i also understand comfort
Robert Downey Jr has one of the greatest comeback stories in Hollyweird
Meanwhile all the new actresses are basically prn stars
He never really left bc in spite of his drug use, he was always professional and still got given parts to play.
The odd disparity between the 2 states of being were much discussed in Hollyweird, yet it was proven time and again.
He lost plenty of roles as well from studios not wanting to take the chance but he is the only one that didn't let his personal life ruin his professional life.
So at least he had that going for him.
His voice sounds different.
They sped it up so the pitch is much higher than his actual talking voice
That explains why the suit looked so real in the first movie 😂
"put 2 dots here and paint it in later"
--the mark of something worth doing, an everlasting legacy
MCU then: little cgi
MCU now: EVERYTHING IS CGI
Him saying this type of thing is no surprise. Studios like to spend as little as possible and I imagine that was extremely uncomfortable position for him to be in May he enjoy his retirement.
@@MaTe-du2lwyou people meatride him until he messes with your precious fake superheroes cgi
I'm sure the iron man suits were not cheap to make. So not spending alot of money on cgi makes sense.
@@MaTe-du2lw I would imagine it's like looking directly at the sun, but on the smaller scale over the hours. Especially I assume that they have taken over dozen takes. Moreover, he cannot see outside of the helmet. That's a massive hazard for his eyes.
So the final film, Robert set his own rules.' I want the dam thing to really fly" !
Bro smoked helium
And that’s why the suits look much better in the earlier movies. The CGI really shows.
Thats why the 1st Iron Man is by far the best. The level of commitment & struggle an actor makes directly affects their on-screen presence. In other words, how good they are. Heath Ledger would've worn that helmet through every single movie up to Endgame if he thought for one second that using CGI would diminish his performance & the quality of the movie. Which it would, because it did.
This is how RDJ sounds, hearing for first time
Practical suits with CGI looks so much better than All CGI like the last films.
Fans - What gives editors?!? You should be fired for awful CGI Iron Man. Shame on you!
RDJ - 😎 sips tea.
RDJ 😅
@@olliegarcia2306 🫣🫣🫣
He thought he was back in the 90s when he saw those lights 😂
I love how at the end, he's basocally just telling them "nah, you're gonna listen to me and do it like this". He knows he has main character energy now 😂
Honestly, I didn't even know he sounded like that.
The real helmet and set was way better than the garbage we we got in infinity war and endgame.
I mean, he traded up to the nano suit by that time. Kinda difficult to make that shit irl for a movie set 😂
Your “garbage” if you’d rather someone be extremely uncomfortable for your entertainment.
@@SOB98💯
@@k7l3rworkman97 well part of what the director and producer would like to go with, is just like garbage man being surrounded with trash for our comfort, not nice but someone has to do it
Eh, it was way better in endgame
“Helmets, NO, put some dots around here and paint em later”
Yeah that's what he said. Do you have anything to add?
Wow we watched the same video
Makes sense that he didn't like getting a flashbang to the face tho, but the luquid suit was simply bad, the metal vibe the og suits had were perfect
His voice be filled with helium
He flat out said the only suit he enjoyed wearing was the MK 1 because "it had the most room"
Yeah Tom Hiddleston had it tough as well. That's why throughout the movies, his helmet changed as well.
"THEY WANTED TO SPEND AS LITTLE AS THEY COULD" ok bro
Cosplayer : f...., RDJ feel it too.
😅
They where spending as little as they could on CGI yet it is 100x better than the CGI now
Who's voice was that?
sped up and they didn't pitch down
Me
You know now it makes more sense when you remember his last final suit was the nanosuit
Robert be soundin reaaall eepy
Sacrifice is what makes a film.
That's why the first Iron Man still looks amazing. Mind you it was before The MCU relied heavily on CG and got really lazy, and started pumping out 10 movies and 3 tv shows a year
First iron man is pure gold, + he’s been a childhood fav since I saw Air America. Such a great actor.
artist Robert Downey Jr sound like a Smurf
And this is why the suit looked real and amazing in the first movie.
People praise practical effects so much, but stuff like this, is why CGI is common. Its not a literal pain for the actor.
I LOVE practical suits but i think its best to have a mix of practical and CG. Ideally, using CGI for the joints, fingers, and mask, but the rest be practical
The fact that we now have an Iron Man helmet for sale that actually functions properly and is comfortable is ironic