2 months ago 15th May 09:14
Robert Downey Jr is one of 2008's bissiest actor hot off the heels of Iron Man he returns to his indie film roots with coming of age drama Charlie Bartlett.
Starring Anton Yelchin teenager Charlie Barlett has been expelled from another private school and finds himself at a public school.
Struggling to fit in Charlie becomes an underground, not to mention under-aged, shrink who only listens to the private confessions of his schoolmates, and makes the imprudent decision to hand out the pills he's proffered from his own psychiatric sessions.
I think he plays an important role. He offers therapy to the students, who obviously don’t have much of a voice. He offers a friendly ear. If you think about it, some of the great characters in the history of film are the ones that had their asses kicked so hard during the movie, but they’d keep swinging.
Charlie is up there with them because he shares this eternal optimism. He’s not trying to be anything he isn’t, but has a lot of facets to his personality. He’s a little messed up, which is endearing. Furthermore he’s got a good heart, his heart is definitely in the right place.
Ultimately, what redeems Charlie is that he’s a very teachable human being. I think left to his own devices he’ll always make the right decision. Charlie goes on a quest, and there is this kind of hero’s journey. By the end he knows what is right and he intends to do it.
Charlie has an adversarial relationship with the principal of the school, played by me. My character senses there is something special about this kid, but decides that he is also troublesome when his very own daughter takes a shine to him. Thus this chess match ensues between the establishment and the boy.
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