In Hollywood, you hear a lot about comebacks, usually with some glossy spin for awards season. The real turning points, though, tend to happen out of sight. They happen on sets, between takes, in moments that never make the tabloids.One story like that belongs to Val Kilmer and Robert Downey
In Hollywood, you hear a lot about comebacks, usually with some glossy spin for awards season. The real turning points, though, tend to happen out of sight. They happen on sets, between takes, in moments that never make the tabloids.One story like that belongs to Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. It keeps coming up, especially when people talk about second chances or what it actually means to be a friend when someone’s down.Back to the early 2000s, before the Oscars, even before Marvel, Robert Downey Jr. was pretty much blacklisted. The industry had almost given up on him. Drugs and public meltdowns had killed his credibility. Most folks wanted nothing to do with him, but Val Kilmer wasn’t most folks.So, what exactly happened?Let’s take a look. Val Kilmer’s sacrifice to help Robert
