For the last 15 years, Robert Downey Jr. has been stood in front of a green-screen quipping his way to hundreds of millions of dollars and a level of almost unparalleled celebrity that has led to his face being plastered on the side of lunch boxes, pencil sharpeners, and whatever other Marvel merchandise the House of Mouse has endeavoured to sell. Since suiting up as Iron Man for the first time in 2008, it has been very easy to forget what an actor of remarkable depth, nuance, and power Downey Jr. has always been.
But Christopher Nolan didn’t forget.
