Robert Downey Jr. Failed To Make A Good First Impression On His Wife Susan

In a 2009 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Susan Downey admitted that she had no romantic feelings for Robert Downey Jr. when they first crossed paths. Her first impression of the “Ally McBeal” actor was that he was a bit odd. Susan later added, “I thought he was a brilliant actor, but it didn’t go beyond that. I saw him more like a professor or someone’s older brother.” However, Susan remembered the first time she started feeling affection for her future husband. Some of the team working on “Gothika” would exercise at the same time after work. While at the gym, Robert invited Susan to dinner and she said yes, making plans to meet after getting changed. Susan told the outlet, “And as he walked down the stairs toward me, I remember looking up at him and suddenly thinking, He’s really cute.”

Susan described falling for Robert fast. She admitted to not being privy to the realities of drug addiction, and that she was strict about no drug use. Robert quit it all, and Susan said, “I think he saw what we had. There was something magical there, something we couldn’t put our finger on. He always says that we became this third thing when we got together — something that neither of us could have become by ourselves — and I think that’s true.”

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