Robert Downey Jr. walked out of a promotional interview after the subject gradually shifted from the upcoming release of Avengers: Age of Ultron to increasingly personal questions.
“It’s just getting a little Diane Sawyer in here,” Downey said, referencing the renowned news anchor, as he walked out on a Channel 4 News reporter whose questions began tilting toward subjects like politics, imprisonment and struggle with addiction.
The interview with presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy, who shared a video of the encounter, starts out amiably enough until Downey’s face visibly drops at the four-minute mark.
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Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith and Robert Rusler in Weird Science, 1985.
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Robert Downey Jr. as Bruce Winston on Saturday Night Live in 1985.
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Robert Downey Jr. as George Michael on Saturday Night Live in 1985.
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Robert Downey Jr. in Back to School, 1986.
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Robert Downey Jr. as Julian Lynch on Saturday Night Live in 1986.
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Mary Stuart Masterson and Robert Downey Jr in Chances Are, 1989.
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Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr. in Air America, 1990.
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Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin, 1992.
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Robert Downey Jr. in Natural Born Killers, 1994.
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Robert Downey Jr. in Restoration, 1995.
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Robert Downey Jr. and Wesley Snipes in U.S. Marshals, 1998.
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Robert Downey Jr in In Dreams, 1999.
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Robert Downey Jr. in Gothika, 2003.
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Robert Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, 2005.
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Robert Downey Jr in Good Night and Good Luck, 2005.
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Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. in Zodiac, 2007.
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Robert Downey Jr. during a signing for his Debut CD "The Futurist" at the Virgin Megastore in Los Angeles, Calif. in 2004.
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Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man, 2008.
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Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder, 2008.
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Mark Strong and Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes, 2009.
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Robert Downey Jr. in The Avengers, 2012.
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Robert Downey Jr. attends the Chicago premiere of The Judge at AMC River East Theater on Oct. 5, 2014 in Chicago, Ill.
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