Downey Jr reveals Nolan hates getting recognised in public

Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr trekked to Sundance Film Festival’s opening night gala to reveal that a ‘terrible tragedy’ had befallen! According to Downey, the critical and commercial success of Oppenheimer has meant that casual moviegoers have started to spot the British director Christopher Nolan. And, as a result, ‘he recoils, as though from a hot flame, from this new and unwelcome reality’.

Well, Nolan may not be retreating from the spotlight anytime soon. The director, an awards’ season favourite, was lauded by Downey as an ‘enigmatic auteur’ and ‘as independent a voice we’ve ever had in cinema’. But the actor, who has also been on the Oscar circuit for portraying Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer, also playfully skewered his director.

“We have become extremely close,” Downey told the packed house at a venue about 30 minutes outside of Park City. “As in, we had dinner on location once.” He also teased the director for limiting bathroom breaks on sets to ‘11 am and 6 pm sharp’.