Even with worldwide fame, Robert Downey Jr. can nonetheless have a fanboy second — and says he did simply that with Beatles legend Paul McCartney.
During an look on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the actor recounted how he invited a gaggle of individuals to attend a screening of “Oppenheimer” in New York’s Hamptons, the place he has a house.
He mentioned he couldn’t attend a premiere for the movie or put it on the market because of the actors strike, which kicked off forward of the blockbuster movie’s July launch.
“I invited everyone who was in the Hamptons, and for the first time in my whole career, strangely, everyone RSVP’d,” he advised Jimmy Kimmel.
Guests included iconic actor Michael J. Fox and director Stephen Spielberg.
“And then I sit down, and the movie starts and I realize I’m sitting next to Paul McCartney,” he mentioned. “And I was like dude, Paul McCartney RSVP’d and he’s sitting next to me.”
“And then I was just like, smelling his cologne, and I started like, breathing in the same rhythm as him,” he added. “I didn’t even watch the movie.”
“I still find myself getting starstruck and fanboying out all the time,” he mentioned.
Downey Jr. received a Golden Globe on Sunday for his efficiency in “Oppenheimer,” the epic thriller in regards to the eponymous physicist generally known as the “father of the atomic bomb.”
Watch his interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” under.
