robert downey jr is the latest actor to address quentin tarantinos marvel comments the pulp fiction director said that he feels its the characters in superhero movies rather than the actors themselves who are the real stars downey jr was asked about the comments as well as how superhero movies seem to be a point of contention among directors i think our opinions on these matters say a lot about us he told deadline i think that we are in a time and place that i unwittingly contributed to where ip has taken precedence over principle and personality but its a doubleedged sword a piece of ip is only as good as the human talent you get to represent it and you can have some great ip even if its coming from an auteur or a national treasure of a writerdirector and if you dont have the right kind of artist playing that role youll never know how good it could have been i think that creatively it is a waste of time to be at war with ourselvesdowney jr added that he feels like theres enough room for everything in hollywood speaking specifically he said hes grateful for big blockbusters like top gun maverick and avatar the way of water because they make room for films like armageddon time the iron man star also said hes just had an exceptionally transformational experience working with christopher nolan on oppenheimer so feels particularly inspired by all kinds of different projects that are being madei would just say before we cast aspersions on each other undergo your own renaissance and see if it doesnt change your mind a little bit he added reinvent yourself before you decide that somebody else doesnt know what theyre doing or that something is keeping you from doing your best or that something is better than something elsetarantino made his comments on the 2 bears 1 cave podcast you have all these actors who have become famous playing these characters the director said but theyre not movie stars right captain america is the star or thor is the star i mean im not the first person to say that i think thats been said a zillion times but its like you know its these franchise characters that become a star downey jrs new documentary about his father called sr is available on netflix now for what else to watch check out our list of best netflix documentaries to stream