13 Facts You Didn’t Know About Iron Man Robert Downey Jr.
8. If you have wondered all along about why this dishy actor has an unusual name as this, then we will clear the confusion for you. You see, his father changed his name to Robert Downey from Robert Elias when he enrolled in the army as his step father’s last name was Downey. So his son was named Robert Downey Jr.
9. The glamour world runs in this hunky actor’s blood. His mother, Elsie Ford, was an actor and singer who had also featured in her son’s first movie, ‘Pound’, in 1970.
10. Although he has cleaned up his act now, he had started using drugs since the tender age of 6.
11. Mr. Robert is quite musically inclined and can effortlessly play instruments such as the piano, bass, and drums.
12. The secret behind his fit swashbuckling body is that he regularly practices ancient Indian and Chinese exercises such as Ashtanga Yoga and Wing Chun Kung Fu.
13. Like many others of his ilk who go on to start production companies of their own, this actor also owns one, unusually named, Herd of Turtles.
