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Photo: Alan Singer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/ “I learned so much in that year about what I wasn’t,” Downey said, describing his experience on the show as an exciting 90 minutes, regardless of how ...

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says of his time on the sketch comedy show Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter/Getty Robert Downey Jr. is an actor who knows his limits. The Iron Man star, 59, is featured in the new four-part ...