Robert Downey Jr. Can’t Imagine Life Without His Wife
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ROBERT Downey Jr. says he “can’t ever imagine” what his life would be like without his wife of four years, Susan Levin.
The actor married Susan — a film producer — in 2005.
And Downey insists Levin has changed him for the better.
“I don’t joke when I say Susan is my better half. She truly is,” the Sherlock Holmes star told a Scottish newspaper.
“I cannot believe what a fantastic life I have today.
“But here’s the thing. She didn’t change me at all. She just gave me an ultimatum. We both changed a lot so now I can’t ever imagine a life before her.”
Robert and Susan worked together on Sherlock Holmes. He was the star and she was a producer.
“I know my place,” Downey added. “We love working together. It’s hard not to. Making movies is so energy and time-consuming that it takes you away from your real life for big chunks of time. So I get to escape with her as opposed to from her.
“I was given a look backstage at the glorious world of producing. And it is a ghastly, thankless job.
“You’re responsible for everything, and the amount of minutiae is astounding.
“When I wasn’t getting the education, they would send me out on ‘hooker’ missions where I would try to get the talent that we were hoping would join us.
“Then we went through the unforgivably despicable process of screen-testing all the best and brightest actresses who were in the right age range.
“After a very lengthy and hair-pulling process, we finally agreed Rachel McAdams was the only person who should play Irene Adler, Sherlock’s nemesis.
“She was smokin’ hot.”
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