# Rock Bottom - Robert Downey Jr.

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Podcast: [True Crimecast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crimecast-835508)
Published: 2026-04-10T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In the mid-90s, Robert Downey Jr. was widely considered the most gifted actor of his generation. But while critics were comparing him to Chaplin, the LAPD was seeing a man spiraling toward a tragic end. From a high-speed arrest on Sunset Boulevard with a .357 Magnum to the infamous afternoon he wandered into a neighbor's home and fell asleep in a child's bed, Downey’s life became a series of "front-page" disasters that nearly silenced one of cinema’s brightest lights.

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