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'Short' man shame: Robert Downey Jr. forced to wear high heels

Images: Snapper Media
Images: Snapper Media
Robert Downey Jr. is "cursing" after being forced to wear platform shoes on the set of new flick Sherlock Holmes, because he didn't measure up to towering co-star Jude Law.

At five foot nine inches, Robert is hardly short - but director Guy Ritchie insisted that Robert's character be tall when standing next to the six foot one Jude. And Rob is hating it!

A source told The Sun that "Robert is stumbling around a lot and cursing Guy over the silly shoes."

Robert has reportedly been a bit of a diva on the Sherlock set so far, insisting crew fetch him hard-to-find items despite shooting in the middle of nowhere.

"Robert had one crew member running around like a headless chicken trying to find a straw," The Times quote a source as saying.

"The poor guy was stressing as they were in the middle of nowhere on an old dockyard, so there was hardly a store nearby."

Karma's a bitch, though - Robert has already copped an accidental punch by a stuntman which needed six stitches, and accidentally set his crotch on fire. Fireballs!


Burned: Robert's had his fair share of bad luck on the set of Sherlock Holmes
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