Oliver Stone Blamed Robert Downey Jr. For “Ruining” ‘Natural Born Killers’ With “Slapstick Bull—”
deadline.comAfter 30 years, Oliver Stone knows when to admit he was wrong. The Academy Award-winning writer and director recently reminisced about working with a 27-year-old Robert Downey Jr., who was admittedly under the influence during the majority of filming, on the 1994 crime romance Natural Born Killers.
Stone recalled directing the actor in the final scene for a recent oral history by Esquire, revealing it was Downey’s idea to dip the front tails of his white shirt in fake blood and pull it through his pants zipper. “Oh come on—that’s too much!
You’re going too far, Robert,” he told Downey of the bloody innuendo. “You’re ruining my movie! Forget the dumb dick idea. This isn’t… This isn’t some slapstick bull—,” added Stone.
Downey, who happened to be sober on this day of filming, relented and pulled his shirt back through the zipper. “Wait, wait—wait a second.
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