- Actor Robert Downey Jr. plays Kirk Lazarus, a Method actor who darkens his skin to play a black soldier in the 2008 war movie, the outlet noted.
- During the “Iron Man” star’s appearance in 2020 on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, Downey said the film showed how wrong blackface is.
- “I think that it’s never an excuse to do something that’s out of place and out of its time, but to me it blasted the cap on [the issue],” the Marvel star shared.
