A Whopper scared Robert Downey Jr. straight

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By April MacIntyre Jun 10, 2008, 0:51 GMT

Robert Downey Jr. credits Burger King with a life altering epiphany. 04/30/2008 - Robert Downey Jr. - The Los Angeles Premiere Of

04/30/2008 - Robert Downey Jr. - The Los Angeles Premiere Of "Iron Man" - Arrivals - Grauman's Chinese Theater - Hollywood, CA. USA © Albert L. Ortega / PR PhotosIn 2003, Robert Downey Jr. was cruising down the PCH with a ton of "f*cking dope" in his car when he suddenly decided to stop at Burger King for a meal. He said eating a Whopper changed his life.He said, "I have to thank Burger King. It was such a disgusting burger I ordered. I had that, and this big soda, and I thought something really bad was going to happen."The Iron Man told this tale to Britain's Empire Magazine about his fateful near drug bender on the Pacific Coast Highway.(esitor's note: Malibu Canyon is my home turf, and am always driving up and down the PCH and I have never seen a BK. Anyone?)Allegedly the burger was so gross it snapped him out of whatever drug funk he was in, and he tossed all his dope into the ocean. Showbiz Spy claims that the Burger King hamburger scene in the film Iron Man, when Downey's character asks for a BK meal once he is rescued, is tribute to the patty melt flashback.

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