Nope, Robert Downey Jr. isn't playing a bisexual vampire

With the incredible success of “Iron Man” at the box office, it’s no surprise that Robert Downey Jr. is in hot demand. His next project is taking on the role of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner.

No doubt that Robert Downey Jr. can play the role of Hugh Hefner in the new biopic. After all, is there no end to Robert Downey Jr.’s immense talent?

And what will the new Hugh Hefner pic be called? “Playboy,” naturally.

Would you go see “Playboy,” starring Robert Downey Jr. as Hugh Hefner? Do you think the casting is right?

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I also want to recommend the current GQ cover article on Robert Downey Jr.  It is exceptionally well written and incredibly insightful and revealing.  If you have ever admired or followed Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr may have his hands full with filming for Iron Man-2, but he made time from the superhero movie just to play iconic detective, Sherlock Holmes.

"That's part of the thing that was so attractive to me about doing Sherlock Holmes after Iron Man. It was such kind of a radical departure. A period piece. A very, very established kind of iconic image comes to mind when you think of Sherlock Holmes, whereas Iron Man was a relatively unknown quote-unquote second tier superhero until last year," he said.
The actor reveals that extensive research went into reinventing Holmes as someone more than a violin-playing, pipe-smoking intellectual who was wary of getting his hands dirty.
"He is a weirdo by any standards. Yet he is an expert by any metric. He has dedicated the entirety of his adult life to this one purpose, which is being a consulting detective and knowing things that other people don't take the time to make it their business to know," says the actor.
Sherlock Holmes focuses on detective Holmes and his partner Watson, played by Jude Law, who engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. This Guy Ritchie film is slated for a December release.

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Robert Downey Jr.

Robert John Downey, Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actor and musician. He became known during the late 1980s and early 1990s after a series of well-reviewed performances in Hollywood films. During a period of drug addiction in the late 1990s, Downey continued his acting career, appearing on the television series Ally McBeal.^[1] More recent films include a number of supporting and lead roles, in Good Night, and Good Luck, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Zodiac, A Scanner Darkly and Iron Man.