Robert Downey Jr. teased longtime buddy and Iron Man costar Gwyneth Paltrow for apparently forgetting who Tom Holland is.
Downey, 60, feted Paltrow, 53, at The Hollywood Reporter’s Ladies in Leisure gala in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 3, and joked that regardless of being “impossibly clever,” the Oscar winner is “but ceaselessly confused by the essential tenets of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its inhabitants.”
In accordance with THR, the Iron Man actor mentioned that Paltrow as soon as requested him, “Who’s that?” and he responded, “That’s Spider-Man. He mentioned his identify was Peter. His character’s identify is Peter. He’s Tom Holland. You’ve executed 4 motion pictures with him.”
Certainly, Paltrow and Holland, 29, have appeared in a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe motion pictures collectively, together with Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity Conflict and Avengers: Endgame.
Paltrow joined the MCU in 2008 as Pepper Potts, Iron Man’s trusty assistant turned spouse, nevertheless, the actress has gone viral up to now for showing to overlook about her position within the superhero franchise.
Throughout a March interview with Self-importance Truthful, the Sliding Doorways star expressed her shock at studying that she’s been in seven Marvel motion pictures.
“Did you ever think about that if you signed on, you’ll find yourself in seven movies?” Paltrow was requested, to which she responded, “That may’t be proper. I can’t have been in seven. Is that true?”
In 2019, Paltrow made headlines when she forgot she was in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
“One time I didn’t understand I used to be in Spider-Man. I used to be like doing a scene with Robert and Jon Favreau, so I believed it was a cameo,” she mentioned in her March Self-importance Truthful interview. “They’re like, ‘It’s one other…’ Anyway. And it turned out I used to be in Spider-Man and I didn’t even understand.”
Throughout Wednesday’s gala, Downey additionally teased Paltrow over her separation from ex-husband Chris Martin, joking that the exes “launched the planet to the potential of ‘acutely aware uncoupling’ — keep in mind that? — which Hollywood has executed an incredible job not emulating.”
Downey additionally made a quip about Paltrow’s notorious ski crash trial earlier than presenting her with the Sherry Lansing Management Award.
He joked, “In an age the place we so crave management, instance, integrity, resolve, and too typically of us come up quick, we’ve got right here a lady that’s keen to go to trial, confronting her retired optometrist accuser relating to an alleged damage on a Deer Valley ski resort slope — and comport herself so honorably {that a} musical theater manufacturing is born to commemorate her ethical power, intestinal fortitude, to not point out her impeccably tasteful, civil swimsuit chic-yet-practical courtroom apparel.”
Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband, Brad Falchuk, don’t all the time see eye-to-eye on vacation traditions. “I like Christmas. My husband is somewhat little bit of a Grinch, so he’s the alternative,” Paltrow, 53, revealed on the Tuesday, December 2, episode of her “Goop” podcast. “However, I like the decorations, the Frank Sinatra Christmas album. I actually […]
“It’s time to acknowledge Gwyneth fuggin’ Paltrow,” Downey mentioned, introducing the actress to the stage.
In her acceptance speech, Paltrow heaped reward on Downey, saying, “Robert, I like you a lot. You’re the older brother I by no means had and wasn’t certain I needed, however I’m so grateful to you for being the most effective accomplice on display — for all the time being probably the most trustworthy and sensible reflection again, not nearly me however about us, our households and the world.”
The Marty Supreme actress additionally gave a shout-out to her husband, Glee cocreator Brad Falchuk, describing him as “probably the most feminist man I do know,” who “lets me be my full self day by day.”
