Robert Downey Jr. dubs ‘Oppenheimer’ as ‘best film’ amid SAG-AFTRA strike

Robert Downey Jr. seems to have picked his favourite, much to the dismay of Marvel fans.

The actor, who is famously known for portraying the Marvel superhero, Iron Man, revealed that the Christopher Nolan-directed historical drama, Oppenheimer, is the “best film” that he has “ever been in.”

In a video shared by Deadline showed the actor, 58, giving an interview where he sang praises for the upcoming movie based on the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who changed the nature of war forever.

“Just going to flat out say it: This is the best film I’ve ever been in,” he said in the video, a declaration that was met with cheers from the premiere audience at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square. “I cannot wait for you all to experience it.”

In the movie, RDJ takes on the role of Lewis Strauss who is the main antagonist to Cillian Murphy’s titular role.

When asked what could fans expect from the movie, RDJ went on to assure fans that “no matter what your expectations are” the movie “transcends that.”

“This is what a summer blockbuster, when I was growing up, used to be,” he continued. “It just kind of, like, changed your life. But again, you know, it’s why Chris Nolan is who he is.”

The interview comes amid the strike call from SAG-AFTRA which joined that writers’ strike beginning early in May.

Along with Downey and Murphy, the cast of Oppenheimer includes Florence Pugh, Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett and Emily Blunt, who all left the London premiere to join the strike.

When Christopher Nolan, 52, was asked of their sudden absence at the event, he told Deadline, “Unfortunately, they're off to write their picket signs for what we believe to be an imminent strike by SAG.”

He continued, “Joining one of my guilds, the Writers Guild, in the struggle for fair wages for working members of their union, and we support them.”