Robert Downey Jr Leaves The Cast Of Gravity May Join How To Talk To Girls

Robert Downey, Jr. Leaves The Cast Of ‘Gravity,’ May Join ‘How To Talk To Girls’

By Russ Fischer/Nov. 17, 2010 10:13 pm EST

Now he has, in fact, left the production.

THR doesn’t offer a whole lot of information, but the guess would be that scheduling is a factor. The idea had been for RDJ to shoot some of Sherlock Holmes 2, then break to shoot his brief bits of Gravity, then go back to Sherlock. And there’s a deadline, because the shoot for The Avengers looms early next year.

But the deal to have Sandra Bullock in Gravity isn’t done, so the film isn’t yet set to go. At what point do Warner Bros. and Alfonso Cuarón just say that the film wasn’t meant to be? Or do the delays and difficulty only increase the director’s resolve to make the film?