Downey's role provides reality check

Apr 23rd, 2009 - Boston

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Back when he was filming "The Soloist" last spring, Robert Downey Jr. felt poised for something big. "Iron Man" and "Tropic Thunder" were about to be released. Buzz was building about career resurrection and massive box office potential.

But now he was digging into a different sort of character: Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez, a storyteller grounded more in realism than fantasy or farce. And Downey, known for taking up more than his share of the screen, suddenly had to play small.

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