A rich taste of friendship, a voyage through RDJs various chapters. Disney spared no expense when it came to getting the A-listers.Īll these voices, both new and old, contribute to a whole new way to view the MCU. So far we’ve had Peggy Carter become Captain America (or, Captain Carter) instead of Steve Rogers, T’Challa become Star Lord, and even zombie avengers. In the newest episode of What If…?, another familiar face from the live-action movies is missing. Episode 6 posits the idea that Tony Stark never became Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr’s Story of Addiction and Recovery. In fact, none other than Killmonger (voiced by a returning Michael B. Robert Downey’s entry into drug use and addiction had its roots with his admittedly liberal upbringing. Downey Jr’s father, an underground filmmaker and a drug addict, allowed Downey Jr. Jordan) saved him in Afghanistan, setting off a cataclysmic chain of events ultimately setting Wakanda up against the U.S. Since his live-action departure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey Jr. has made it clear he’s no longer involved with the superhero mega-franchise in any capacity. made his debut as an actor at the age of five in the film Pound (1970), written and directed by his father, Robert Downey Sr. So it only makes sense, at this point, that a brand new voice actor would play the genius tech billionaire in What If.?. He built his film repertoire throughout the 1980s and 1990s with roles in Tuff Turf (1985), Weird Science (1985), True Believer (1989), and Wonder Boys (2000) among many others. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. Playing Tony Stark in What If.?īack in December 2020, the actor made it clear his exit from the MCU was pretty permanent. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business. "I've done all I could with that character and can do other things now. Now, being middle-aged, you start looking at the back nine and realize this is all part of the journey and things end," Downey Jr. says in an interview with Hindustan Times. Exactly what connection Robert had with Cecilia is not yet known, in 1911 she was living Tudor Lodge 148 Broughton, the census shows she lived on private means and had a servant, she was age 50, she passed away 28 March 1940 and is buried at Overleigh Cemetery, Chester.Īfter the war Robert and the five other soldiers killed on the 24 th November 1915 were exhumed and reburied at Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery."I am fortunate and eternally grateful to have wound up where I have. In 1919 Cecilia received £5 war gratuity. ![]() ![]() The paper states that Robert went to France 24 th December, however his medal index card shows he arrived in France on 4 January 1915. Buried in French Military Cemetery, Suzanne.Īn additional intelligence report in the diary indicates that the shelling happened at 2.45pm Buried in the French Military Cemetery, Maricourt. Casualties in the trenches by shell fire, 6 men killed, 3 wounded and 6 men suffering from shock.Ħ150 Sergt. Shacklady and a patrol reconnoitred the enemy lines and an old French trench which runs up to the German lines, nothing was seen, and no enemy encountered. The enemy shelled the village of SUZANNE, no casualties and very little damage done. The war diary for the period mentions Robert.Ģ4 th In the trenches. ![]() He came to the working boy’s home as a little boy and was one of the best young fellows ever turned out from the home.Ĭhester Chronicle, Saturday, December 4, 1915. His father was in the Black Watch and fell in the Boer War. He was shot through the heart, and his chum who wrote the sad news home, saw him buried next day. Morris who was talking to him about ten days ago just before the Manchester’s returned to the trenches, where Downie met a soldier’s fate. Mary’s-on-the-Hill (who is home on leave this week), told Miss Cecilia Keith Douglas that Downie was also a great favourite with his fellow soldiers. Morris (5 th Cheshire’s), the verger at St. He was a general favourite and his death is a real grief to all connected with the home. He was 24 years of age, had been nine years in the working boy’s home, and enlisted on the outbreak of war in August last year from the home, where he was then acting as assistant to the master in the wood yard. The authorities of the Chester Working Boys Home had news this week of the death of one of the home boys, who was killed in the trenches on November 24 th “somewhere in France.” Robert Downie was a private in the Manchester Regiment, he went to France on December 24 th, 1914, and had been out all the time on active service.
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