Robert Downey Jr. tried to work a crude sight gag into Natural Born Killers, solely irritating director Oliver Stone…who lastly relented.

Robert Downey Jr. has the ability to steal any scene he desires. Just take one take a look at his shock SDCC look this summer time and also you get an thought of what we imply. But that is nothing new, and the most effective examples of that is 1994’s Natural Born Killers, by which he performed Wayne Gale, the personification of exploiting criminals to the purpose of cult standing. It’s undoubtedly one of many standout performances in Natural Born Killers (though I would choose Rodney Dangerfield’s as probably the most memorable), however in accordance with Oliver Stone, he nearly ruined the complete movie.

By most accounts, Downey Jr. was not often sober on the set of Natural Born Killers, however on one specific day, he occurred to be utterly straight. But that doesn’t imply he wouldn’t get uncontrolled to the purpose of pissing off his director. In one occasion, he dipped his shirt tail in faux blood and pulled it via his unzipped pants, making it his personal bloody “iron man”, to which Stone responded, “Oh come on—that’s too much! You’re going too far, Robert…You’re ruining my movie! Forget the dumb dick idea. This isn’t…This isn’t some slapstick bullsh*t.” Except, anybody who has seen Natural Born Killers is aware of simply how over-the-top it will get (even Woody Harrelson considers it a romantic comedy)…But Stone would ultimately meet within the center (or thereabouts…), telling Downey Jr. to drag the shirt tail again in half an inch.

When cameras rolled on Natural Born Killers, Downey Jr. was recent off of an Oscar nomination for Chaplin however nonetheless had his share of troubles occurring, telling Esquire (in a terrific new piece recounting the making of Natural Born Killers), “The only time I was awake…was between Action and Cut.” Woody Harrelson, who performed Mickey to Juliette Lewis’ Mallory, recounted, “I don’t want to say I was the moral center on this movie, but I was the one doing the least amount of drugs! Which is—it’s never happened in my career or my life. And no one’s ever done more drugs than me, but I was Mother Teresa on this one.”

Natural Born Killers celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this yr, so there’s actually no higher option to have fun than to revisit the movie and rewatch our episode of WTF Happened to This Movie?! (we all know, it’s not about us…).

Are you a fan of Natural Born Killers? What is the standout scene for you?