Although he is now an Oscar winner, Robert Downey Jr.’s wife, Susan, believes he deserves recognition for being an incredible father to their three children, Exton, Avri and Indio.
Just after the Marvel star received his first Oscar for his work on the 2023 film oppenheimer, Susan spoke with PEOPLE about her home life and her key focuses.
“He really cares about what they care about,” Susan said of raising Downey’s children. “I think he craves it and therefore he wants to provide her with the stability that he probably didn’t necessarily have.”
Robert Downey, Jr. then talked about his home life. “Honestly, this gives me something positive to tie my neurosis to,” he explained.
“And I love it when I can ask [Susan] if you think we should paint the kitchen a different color or maybe a new rug in your office, whatever. I’m not saying I’m like a newbie interior designer. But there are two types of people and I am the type who worries about curtains.”
Robery Downey Jr. and Susan met on the set of gothic in 2003. Although she originally rejected him twice, Susan and Robert ended up developing a romance while filming the movie. They married in 2005 and welcomed their first child together in 2012. Their daughter was born in 2014.
Downey shares his first son, Indio, with his ex-wife Deborah Falconer. The former couple married in 1992 but ended their marriage in 2004.
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Meanwhile, Robert Downey, Jr. also spoke about Al Pacino’s performance. oppenheimer with the award for Best Film.
“It’s crazy that Al Pacino, one of my favorite human beings on earth, presented Best Picture,” he gushed. “And it’s also crazy that, I think, he deservedly won the first time I was nominated. [in 1993 for Chaplin]for Women perfume.”
Robert Downey Jr. then reflected on his father’s opinions on his acting career. “The eldest went to the grave saying: ‘[You] was stolen by chaplin,'” he recalled. “He didn’t say that he really thought any of my other films were very good or even that he thought Chaplin was good, but he did know that I had been robbed.”
Downey later said his father would have felt “justice was done” when he received his first Oscar. “But the problem is, he never cared about any of this s– anyway.”
Regarding her acting career over the years, Susan added: “I feel like anyone’s journey, no matter how tense or positive, whatever it is, is your journey. “There is nothing we would do differently.”
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