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What is going on with Robert Downey Jr.’s hair loss? RDJ’s bald head and hair loss, explained

Bald or bold, he pulls it off.

Iron Man star and the former central figure of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was rocking a bald head.

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Honestly, he has ed the likes of Bruce Willis in of being able to pull off the look, but why did the actor suddenly make the decision to let his scalp be seen by the world? Let’s take a look at what we know about the beautiful bald head of Robert Downey Jr. 

What happened to Robert Downey Jr.’s hair?

Don’t worry about Robert Downey Jr. because as far as we can tell, he is not going through anything serious – midlife crisis or serious illness included. His luscious locks did not just fall off his head, and we have the proof.

He fulfilled the wish of every child by letting his own children shave his head, turning him into the bald man we see now. And, we know this because he shared a video of the event on Instagram back in October. 

But why did the actor get his children to shave his head? For a role, of course. That’s right, Robert Downey Jr. will be appearing with a bald head in an project.

What we know about The Sympathizer and Robert Downey Junior’s role in it

The project is called Decision to Leave — will serve as one of the showrunners on the project which also stars Hoa Xuande, Nguyen Khan, Sandra Oh, Toan Le, Vy Le, and Alan Trong.

The Sympathizer is a t production between HBO.

You have to it, everyone was excited to see what the Marvel star had up his sleeve after his character’s death in Avengers: Endgame. That being said, seeing the actor shave his head was probably far down the list of what you were expecting. At least it’s for a very exciting reason!

While there is no exact release date for The Sympathizer, the show has wrapped up filming and is expected to be available to stream on Max in 2024.


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