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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
User comments
I luv Robert Downey jr he's freakin hot as all hell..... to bad his crotch caught fire ... i'd be *** on the set to
Sólo decir que los buenos perfumes vienen en frascos pequeños, al igual que el veneno ¡ lo se ! pero de todas formas los dos son una gran tentación. Así que Robert Downey no tiene nada que envidiar por su altura. Only to say that the good perfumes come in small flasks, as the poison! But of all forms the two are a great temptation. So Robert Downey does not have anything to envy for his(her,your) height.
Jude Law is six foot one!!!!!!!!! Check him out in the movies Enemy at the Gate or Cold Mountain, he is tiny! He would be lucky to stand five foot nine! And as for Robert Downey Jnr being five foot nine?! He is shorter than Mel Gibson, who is five foot seven. How DOES Hollywood measure their stars? And when are they going to get real and remove their rose coloured glasses!
Downeys acting days r coming to an end if he keeps up the charade of diva. His good looks have completely dissapeared. Frankly his blown it in my books.
"And is that Chris Tucker at the door there?" Maybe if he put on a few kilos and got a facial reconstruction. It looks NOTHING like him. And this is ridiculous, the media really makes nothing into something don' they?
damn that boi is fine!!! who cares if he is short why do ppl write about this **** meh but i guess i am reading it!
Sigh....Isn't he gorgeous?!?!
Here Here! Karma is such a dog. Damned those straws!
ahhh i LOVE robert downey jr lol i know the feeling of being short...meh
they are not high at all, its the make of the shoe, the sole inside the shoe is flat, my son has a pair and they dont make him any taller. Jezz, what the media does to make money, all this is bull****.

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