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Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr.
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Johnny Depp wanted to congratulate his friend Robert Downey Jr. on winning the Oscar on Sunday night, but it didn’t necessarily go as planned.
He pirates of the Caribbean The actor initially took to his Instagram story to celebrate the oppenheimer stars sharing a photo of the couple together. However, it turned out that it was not a real photo of them but rather a retouched photo.
The actual photograph taken in November 1988 showed Downey with his then-girlfriend Sarah Jessica Parker at a Young Artists Unite event in Los Angeles. But the photoshopped image replaced Parker with Depp and has actually circulated on social media and fan sites for years.
He Alice in Wonderland The actor quickly deleted the photo and then shared another photo (real) of him with the Iron Man star at the Golden Globes in 2011. “Let’s try this again… congratulations my dear friend,” Depp wrote in the caption.
Downey won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s film. oppenheimer. The victory marked a high point in the actor’s career, which has included some ups and downs, such as being sentenced to prison in the late ’90s on drug charges.
But the actor returned with his iconic role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now, he achieved new triumph with his latest Academy Award.
“I needed this job more than he needed me. Chris (Nolan) knew it. “Emma (Thomas) made sure to surround me with one of the greatest casts and crews of all time,” Downey said during his acceptance speech on Sunday, as well as thanking his “entertainment attorney, Tom Hansen, for 40 years. Half the time he spent trying to reassure me and bail me out, thanks bro!