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Robert Downey Jr. on Turning Car Collection into Force for Climate Action: “This Will Be My Legacy” ... The 'Iron Man' star says that the idea behind his upcoming ...

[Viola Davis](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/viola-davis/) [Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, Tom Ford Will Co-Chair the Green Carpet Fashion Awards in L.A. Downey said during the conversation that he’s still learning more about the hit film and how many close to it were prepared for it to tank. It was the perfect thing where there were not a lot of creatively aggressive eyes on us. “I’m going to sweepstakes them and donate all the proceeds to green tech companies,” he said as part of the chat that focused primarily on his Netflix doc Sr., “because this will be my legacy.” “Not too many people were thinking that Iron Man was even going to have an opening weekend or, you know, do much of anything so we were a little bit left alone,” he explained. It was basically ready to be like written off if it tanked. what are you trying to prove?” So explained the actor during a recent sit-down with THR’s Scott Feinberg when asked about his upcoming Discovery+ docuseries Downey’s Dream Cars. 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[was announced](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/robert-downey-jr-restore-cars-climate-discovery-1235148762/) last year, Downey said in a statement that his goal was “to showcase that it’s possible to keep the integrity of classic cars while leveraging new tech and innovation to make them more eco-friendly.” [Share this article on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-car-collection-discovery-series-climate-change-1235294307/&title=Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20on%20Turning%20Car%20Collection%20into%20Force%20for%20Climate%20Action:%20“This%20Will%20Be%20My%20Legacy”&sdk=joey&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button&app_id=1153511048447777) [Share this article on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-car-collection-discovery-series-climate-change-1235294307/&text=Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20on%20Turning%20Car%20Collection%20into%20Force%20for%20Climate%20Action%3A%20%E2%80%9CThis%20Will%20Be%20My%20Legacy%E2%80%9D&via=thr) [Share this article on Email](mailto:?subject=thr%20:%20Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20on%20Turning%20Car%20Collection%20into%20Force%20for%20Climate%20Action:%20“This%20Will%20Be%20My%20Legacy”&body=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-car-collection-discovery-series-climate-change-1235294307/%20-%20Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20on%20Turning%20Car%20Collection%20into%20Force%20for%20Climate%20Action:%20“This%20Will%20Be%20My%20Legacy”) [Show additional share options](#) [Share this article on Print]() [Share this article on Comment](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-car-collection-discovery-series-climate-change-1235294307/#respond) [Share this article on Whatsapp](whatsapp://send?text=Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20on%20Turning%20Car%20Collection%20into%20Force%20for%20Climate%20Action:%20“This%20Will%20Be%20My%20Legacy”%20-%20https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-car-collection-discovery-series-climate-change-1235294307/) [Share this article on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=1&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-car-collection-discovery-series-climate-change-1235294307/&title=Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20on%20Turning%20Car%20Collection%20into%20Force%20for%20Climate%20Action:%20“This%20Will%20Be%20My%20Legacy”&summary&source=thr) [Share this article on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-car-collection-discovery-series-climate-change-1235294307/&title=Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20on%20Turning%20Car%20Collection%20into%20Force%20for%20Climate%20Action:%20“This%20Will%20Be%20My%20Legacy”) [Share this article on Pinit](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-car-collection-discovery-series-climate-change-1235294307/&description=Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20on%20Turning%20Car%20Collection%20into%20Force%20for%20Climate%20Action:%20“This%20Will%20Be%20My%20Legacy”) [Share this article on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool/preview?shareSource=legacy&canonicalUrl&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-car-collection-discovery-series-climate-change-1235294307/&posttype=link&title=Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20on%20Turning%20Car%20Collection%20into%20Force%20for%20Climate%20Action:%20“This%20Will%20Be%20My%20Legacy”) [Robert Downey Jr.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/robert-downey-jr/) took a long look at his impressive car collection and asked himself a tough question: “You schmuck …