Robert Downey Jr. Talks About New Film ‘Dolittle,’ Death Of Iron Man, More | TODAY

Now to the man we've been promising you all morning he is sitting right here, Robert Downey junior what's like some iconic people over the years, Charlie Chaplin Sherlock Holmes and that little tiny role y'all may remember Iron Man well Robert has taken on another famous character in this new movie. The doctor who talks to animals we're talking about do little but maybe he shouldn't rely on them in the operating room take a look. That's a piece of celery forceps doctor sorry, here you go still 70. I think this was so that's a different piece of celery got also know still Sunday, I don't get myself. Robert high high, I love the the accent to start off with boy oh boy how was that it's a Welsh accent right action yet even Welsh people trying not to do it. By the way great weather. I I wanted to do something a little different. Yeah, a chaplain I played Sherlock so I want to up my game a bit. Yeah, well the premiere happened your kids when it's probably your wife said it was the first premier that your kids were able to go to time PG movie and so give me the verdict because kids know when something's good. Yes, they Cisco and he birded us and we got we got thumbs up which was a glowing endorsement. But I think at that point they're probably eaten cotton candy or something so you know who knows. I think the cool thing about this is it's for kids but we were hearing that at the end of the movie it got really emotional you you had audiences kind of in the palm of your hand. Describe what people will see when they go. It's got a lot of heart. Yeah, you know, and I hear people promote things like that and go yeah, me too route. Yeah, but we we really wanted to to be impactful and be about communication and empathy and all this stuff like the movies that I was seen when I was a kid we're talking about some of them a while ago. The first do little was they said one of your co-workers is watching at Radio City back in 68 when it came out. Wow that we have real familiar with do little when you're a kid pretty familiar probably more so with with Eddie Murphy's version. Yeah, that was a little more of my time, but you know, you know a thing or 2 about animals because where you live right, you've got a whole bunch can you just could you list the animals that are in your area around your home. Yes, we have the 4 alpacas are dandy miss brain, Madre and fuzzy we have to cows right there strawberry and her brother Oreo that is our new rescue go. His name is flash yeah. The chickens that one's name is Burt you name all your check. That is cutie boots, she's another rescue. Love her a bunch she's not crazy about flash be a little bit of a status game going on right now so wait so tell walk me through how you care for these animals like you get out there and you do your thing you feed them you care for that I I do is as I'm told by the missus and and then the folks who actually know how to take care of animals. I just I talk about them on TV and and then they say hey, thanks for the shout out. Do you talk to them in real life, I mean do they have a little thing don't we all you it's it's a weird fantastic thing and I believe that certain animals they at least Q a response. Yeah, it seems like you're getting something yeah, you're by the way your wife is the producer on this show you guys have done 9 movies. I think she said to get this is not a number 9 yet not a number 9 what's it like working so closely with your with your spouse, she's great she would be a much better interview than me I think you guys have a lot in common, she's just extremely gifted and asserted person who has worked or but off to wind up where she is and and you know, and we complement each other like any good relationship that we're talking about you know. Well I did see an interview with you and your wife and I just loved how you all leaned into each other and that spoke a lot to why why is she the one. Well first of all she's tolerated me low these many years and and we want to get along I think that's the key to a relationship you actually want to get along with this person that yeah, then act like that you know that's good advice. Okay, so a lot of folks were really just heartbroken when Iron Man and Tony Stark went away right where you heartbroken when the end came. I you know now that I'm middle age to be honest you start looking at the back 9 and you go oh this is part of the the journey is you is you is that things and then you know, everyone's going somewhere and is it a true end though because everyone keeps cracking a little door open saying maybe right and are you keeping it cracked those might be that what are the stages of grief, I'm not sure. I am so pleased just that I wound up where I have you know, I'm very fortunate. I'm not the kind of guy who I like I want to try to keep the class. Yeah, we'll see okay, we'll see all right, that's good, we'll see if your life has had so many highs and lows and I was just thinking about like how you feel about this phase in your life like it looks like everything seems to be going right. Yeah, he's great kids a beautiful way it's wild yet tell us tell me about this this phase in your life. Well, I mean it's hard to get here. Yeah, and I think we all do in life is an obstacle course and I think if if anything it's that nothing is ever all OK at the same time so I think it's important when you have those moments when personally professionally. You know the kids are healthy just want to plant a flag and say this is one of those days where I have no complaints of cause no wreckage and I owe no apologies this is great and you know. Well can I just give you a little shout out for Ellen yesterday you did a great job, you hosted Ellen you were terrific, you said you binge watch the morning show I'm starting to think that maybe there's a lane for you in the mornings with with all of us, yeah, it's going to be a hostile takeover. I really want to test. I try to do it because we're just testing different mattresses for consumer reports. This is Elliott, you know. That's called a lot of work. We'll have more after your local news.