Robert Downey Jnr. Walks Out Of Interview When Asked About His Past

Robert Downey Jnr. Walks Out Of Interview When Asked About His Past

While doing an interview for Channel 4 in the UK as part of his press tour for Avengers: Age of Ultron, Robert Downey Jnr. walked out of the interview when the interview began to ask him about his past. Hit the jump and check the interview out for yourself.

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By NovaCorpsFan - Apr 22, 2015 12:04 PM EST
Source: Buzzfeed
The past is the past and that's how it should stay. Not according to Krishnan Guru-Murthy, a Channel 4 news interviewer. In a recent interview with Avengers: Age of Ultron's Robert Downey Jnr., Guru-Murthy brought up questions about the mega star's tainted past. Personally, I think it's a really douchey move on the interviewer's part, especially when you watch Downey's reaction to these questions, which disturbed him so much, he actually gets up and leaves the interview! The questions come at around the 5 minute mark.


It's plain to see that Downey was under severe discomfort when those questions started being asked and I don't blame him for leaving at all. What do you guys think? Be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
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TChalla
TChalla - 4/22/2015, 12:39 PM
Dude is an asshole.

Say, why is it that everything RDJ does is like Tony Stark? Haha.
Desr0w
Desr0w - 4/22/2015, 12:50 PM
Seems staged.
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx - 4/22/2015, 12:50 PM
That interviewer is a complete asshole. He pissed of Tarantino back when Django was coming out.
PAF
PAF - 4/22/2015, 12:51 PM
Home boy thought he was Diane Sawyer in an interview about a comic book film. Like dude wtf.
Abary
Abary - 4/22/2015, 12:51 PM
Man, the RDJ I know would come up with a witty comeback.
CyclopsWasRight
CyclopsWasRight - 4/22/2015, 12:52 PM
Dick move, interviewer. Even more of a dick move than what Banner did.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 4/22/2015, 12:55 PM
I thought this was staged, too. Glad I'm not the only one.
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 4/22/2015, 12:56 PM
Before, I definitely would've given the guy the benefit of the doubt, because maybe when they set up the interview they didn't make the boundaries clear. Sometimes they let the actors talk about deep, serious, soul-searching type stuff, and most of the time it's just movie promotion. This could've been a case where the actor thought the interview would be one thing, and the interviewer thought differently. It happens.

But he has a history of pulling this kind of shit, so yeah, he's an agenda-driven asshole.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 4/22/2015, 12:57 PM
This interviewer is a piece of shit.
PymParticle
PymParticle - 4/22/2015, 12:58 PM
@AlexanderLykins You mean RDJ right?

If the interviewer asks a stupid question that doesn't give you a free pass to manifest your inner diva and be an even bigger tool.
Demiurge
Demiurge - 4/22/2015, 1:00 PM
Wow, really awkward. Poor RDJ really tried to answer in the beginning, but the interviewer kept piling it on, and it had no real relevance whatsoever to the movie being promoted... It was weird. It's like he waited all his professional life to psycho-analyze an actor.
Shame.
And I think RDJ actually did the only thing he could do. I mean what the heck was that ?
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 4/22/2015, 1:01 PM
Oh boy, get your pitchforks out, irrational anti-RDJ fanboys! Time to defend one of the most incompetent interviewers in the business right now!
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 4/22/2015, 1:03 PM
This guy also pissed off Tarantino:
MarvelWeiner
MarvelWeiner - 4/22/2015, 1:07 PM
Well, they did promote the hell out of the movie with this...
SummersClan
SummersClan - 4/22/2015, 1:08 PM
@PymParticle

Are you retarded or something? RDJ was there to take AOU questions. This hack interviewer had no business delving into his personal life. Walking away was the best choice.
Bearjew
Bearjew - 4/22/2015, 1:10 PM
yeah that's the same dude who pissed off Tarentino! I knew it would be
carls256
carls256 - 4/22/2015, 1:10 PM
Jeez that interviewer needed to chill. I would have walked tf out of there too
SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 4/22/2015, 1:11 PM
@Demiurge

RDJ looked really uncomfortable when the interviewer started getting personal. Best that he did leave because it could of ended with a crazy rant and the media would of ran with that.

I would of went in angry mode and cursed the dude out....I wouldn't last in Hollywood.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 4/22/2015, 1:14 PM
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is an Arsehole......I'm glad RDJ put him in his place.

LMAO!!! I like RDJ's responses. "Aren't we promoting a movie?" "Getting a little Diane Sawyer here."

Yeah, that guy's a douche to people he interviews. I get it. He's trying to make a name for himself. But what he's actually doing is making sure people avoid him. He's pulling a Josh Wildin...oh...hey Josh!
PymParticle
PymParticle - 4/22/2015, 1:17 PM
The interviewer is clearly incapable of asking actually relevant questions and even dances around the question he is about to ask as if scared.

Then, as interviewee you have two opions.

1. Look like an idiot and walk away.
2. Shrug it off and move on to the next topic, now interviewer looks like a tool.

V. poorly handled by RDJ
3DWitchHunt
3DWitchHunt - 4/22/2015, 1:19 PM
Per Ofcom rules in the UK I could understand why the interviewer had to stray away from promoting the film, but the way he worded his questions, specifically the way it leads with mention of RDJ's dad is just awful in a journalistic sense.
Funny though.
Bearjew
Bearjew - 4/22/2015, 1:20 PM
@Pymparticle If you think anyone thinks that Downey looks like an idiot there you clearly misread that and I would put it on you whether you want to keep trying to defend your argument.
WalkinTANK
WalkinTANK - 4/22/2015, 1:21 PM
What a dumb interviewer...

Asking questions like "your past with drugs and incarceration, do you feel you are past that?" are completely ridiculous.

However, A relevant question on this topic would be. "Your character, Tony Stark, has struggled with alcohol and personal demons. Do you feel that your past helps you better relate to or portray this character?"

That is how you ask that question in a movie interview.
Bearjew
Bearjew - 4/22/2015, 1:22 PM
Those are extremely personal questions and were obviously not part of the deal.
Spooks
Spooks - 4/22/2015, 1:26 PM
He did the classy thing and just walked away from it which I'm sure was hard. I think RDJ is a good guy, the interviewer shouldn't have been so invasive
PymParticle
PymParticle - 4/22/2015, 1:27 PM
The german guy that asked RDJ about the size of his trailer park at the press conference was hilarious. Appearantly he was right on the money too since RDJ didn't know how to respond.

ruadh
ruadh - 4/22/2015, 1:28 PM
I find it interesting, though not surprising, that is seems like the question about his dad was the last straw.

I feel for him, totally. I know i wouldn't react well if I went in to a situation thinking we can have some fun and someone started brining up a bunch of things about my dad and mistakes I've made etc. And I agree that the interviewer seems to just be that kind of guy.
chriskrispy
chriskrispy - 4/22/2015, 1:29 PM
@pymparticle That's definitely not being a diva when someone's asking about his mistakes that essentially derailed his career and has been redeeming himself for for 7 years and he doesn't want to go into it. I mean if people pry into the dark parts of my past, I don't take it kindly, I doubt you would either. No matter your thoughts on RDJ, he's definitely not the problem here.
BatHeis
BatHeis - 4/22/2015, 1:30 PM
Yeah, he asked the same idiotic type of questions to QT. Dick.
BatHeis
BatHeis - 4/22/2015, 1:33 PM
@PymParticle

Link?
ruadh
ruadh - 4/22/2015, 1:38 PM
Rdj owns a trailer park? Huh.
PymParticle
PymParticle - 4/22/2015, 1:51 PM
@BatHeis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9diAL0er4RQ

Last minute, literally.
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