Robert Downey Jr. is nuts! Do you know why? Is it because of the time he was pulled-over for speeding and the police found cocaine, heroin and .357 Magnum on him? Or the time he was so well-lit he wandered into his neighbour?s house and fell asleep on one of his beds? Or the whole ?I've got bi-polar… actually no I haven't? thing?
Or the time he knowingly agreed to appear in dreadful theatre of self-involvement Ally McBeal?
Actually it might be that last one. Anyway! No! It's because he has become the voice of well-known fictional aristocratic peanut ?Mr.Peanut?! Do you see what we did there?
The man who once told a judge ?It’s like I have a loaded gun in my mouth and my finger’s on the trigger, and I like the taste of the gunmetal? has chosen to become an animated bar-snack.
The loon.
The first of a new series of Planters television commercials aired on Wednesday, and the company stated that the swivel-eyed actor has “a voice that could wear the top hat, monocle and cane and still feel contemporary and cool”. Although we're guessing the ?contemporary and cool? label is about to fade pretty quickly, what with the whole ?corporate-whoring of an imaginary, aristocratic 90-year old PEANUT? thing.
Downey Jr. recently told some magazine or other ? regarding being over-looked for an Oscar
?There was a time when I thought the only way out of hell was to win a certain type of award. And then I thought, ?What a pitiful existence.??
Given his recent choice of roles, he's certainly embracing that new philosophy. Or maybe he's just decided the ?type? of award that will lead you out of hell is one from the advertising industry.
Trust us, it's not.