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Robert Downey Jr. Was Elated To Be in ‘Any Group That Contains Bruce Lee’ After Receiving a Huge Honor Alongside the Martial Arts Legend in 2015

Film star Robert Downey Jr. has been in Hollywood for 3 many years and has equally tasted success and failure. However he made a comeback with Iron Man in 2008 and went on to win a prestigious honor in 2015. He gained alongside a martial arts legend, a comic book guide creator, and some others. He was notably ecstatic about being within the firm of the martial arts legend.

California State honored Robert Downey Jr. for uplifting the profile of their state. Governor Jerry Brown introduced him with the ‘Spirit of California’ medal. Different inductees had been Charles M Schultz, and the person Downey Jr. was most excited to be within the firm of, Bruce Lee.

Robert Downey Jr was over the moon after sharing the distinction with Bruce Lee

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Robert Downey Jr. was thrilled and honored to share the house with the legendary artists who had been inducted with him. He wrote on his Instagram, “Had the distinction of being one in every of a quantity inducted into the CA Corridor of Fame yesterday by Gov Brown. Thrilled to be in any group that features Bruce Lee and Peanuts creator Charles M Shulz.”

The Spirit of California medal additionally ensured that Downey Jr. was now an inductee into the California Corridor of Fame. The ceremony occurred on twenty eighth October 2015 within the California Museum in Sacramento. Downey Jr. appeared dapper in white sneakers and red-bordered glasses whereas accepting the award.

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Additionally, memorabilia from Downey’s life and legacy had been placed on show on the museum. Iron Man aka Tony Stark, the character Downey Jr. is finest recognized for, is a billionaire who lives in a Malibu seaside home in California. Different inductees included British painter David Hockney and the late singer Buck Owens.

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Different inductees into the Corridor of Fame and Downey Jr.’s upcoming initiatives

Right here’s some details about a number of the different legendary inductees. Bruce Lee, the legendary martial artist, handed away in 1973 and thus obtained the distinction posthumously. He has contributed to martial arts immensely and damaged boundaries for Asian actors in Hollywood. Charles M. Schultz is the creator of Peanuts comics which grew to become probably the most widespread comics of all time. It tells the story of a meek boy Charlie Brown and his canine Snoopy. David Hockney is a British artist who has offered probably the most costly work of all time – Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures).

Actor and martial artist Bruce Lee (1940 – 1973) in a publicity nonetheless for ‘Enter the Dragon’, directed by Robert Clouse, Hong Kong, 1973. Stichwort: Muskeln, Kampf, Kampfsport. (Photograph by FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives by way of Getty Pictures)

Robert Downey Jr. has performed a big selection of characters all through his profession from Iron Man to Charlie Chaplin to Sherlock Holmes. His contribution to cinema and Hollywood is bountiful and is a worthy candidate for the aforementioned honor. He’ll subsequent seem in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biographical movie ‘Oppenheimer’ with Cillian Murphy because the lead. Which function are you most excited to see him play subsequent and would you like an Iron Man return sooner or later? Do tell us.

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