Robert Downey Jr. from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his role as Sherlock Holmes, he noted in his acceptance speech that he had prepared no remarks because "Susan Downey (his wife and "Sherlock Holmes" producer) told me that Matt Damon (nominated for his role in "The Informant!") was going to win so don't bother preparing a speech". Downey returned as Tony Stark in the first of two planned sequels to "Iron Man", "Iron Man 2", which released in May 2010. "Iron Man 2" grossed over $623M worldwide, becoming the 7th highest-grossing film of 2010. Downey's other commercial film release of 2010 was
Robert Downey Jr. beliefs as "Jewish-Buddhist", and he is reported to have consulted astrologers. In the past, Downey has been interested in Christianity and the Hare Krishna movement. In a 2008 interview, Downey stated that his time in prison changed his political point of view somewhat, saying, "I have a really interesting political point of view, and it's not always something I say too loud at dinner tables here, but you can't go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand it and come out a liberal. You can't. I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone else, but