You should buy Robert Downey Jr.’s chewed gum — for $40K
The considered spending $40,000 on a chunk of used gum may actually burst your bubble.
However not simply any outdated slab of Bubblicious — it’s straight from the mouth of the illustrious Robert Downey Jr.
An eBay person claims to have gotten ahold of Downey’s used gum when the Marvel star appeared at Jon Favreau’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony final month.
The eBay listing units the beginning bid for the gum at $40,147.47. Nonetheless, the value can go even increased if a bidding battle develops over it.
The public sale will finish on Friday, April 1.
The chewed-up chunk of gunk shall be despatched to the fortunate bidder in a plastic container — and no, they’ll’t return it.
Within the product description, the eBay vendor penned: “Howdy! I occurred to be within the space through the occasion which had well-known actor and producer Jon Favreau being added to the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.”
“Throughout the occasion, Robert Downey Jr, himself put his gum on the Star and presumably left it there, which I used to be in a position to snag. I’m promoting it in the identical situation I bought it in and it may be examined for his DNA,” they added.
Downey, 57, honored his “Iron Man” director on the occasion and jokingly slapped his gum down on the star on the sidewalk.
Earlier this month it was introduced that the prankster might have his subsequent mission within the works, with Downey being eyed to star in a remake of “Vertigo,” Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 psychological thriller.
He’s producing the flick alongside his spouse, Susan Downey, by way of their Crew Downey manufacturing firm.
“Peaky Blinders” showrunner Steven Knight shall be penning the script.
Downey will even be showing within the upcoming HBO TV sequence “The Sympathizer.”
Downey appeared unrecognizable when he was noticed on set in January, rocking a bald cap prosthetic and a fuzzy purple wig. He additionally appeared slimmer. The mission is predicated on creator Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the identical identify.
The present takes place through the closing days of the Vietnam Battle in 1975 and can inform the story of a French Vietnamese spy generally known as the Captain (Hoa Xuande), who lives in Los Angeles.
Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le, Alan Trong and Sandra Oh are additionally among the many solid.
Downey, in accordance with Deadline, shall be taking part in “a number of supporting roles as the primary antagonists, all of whom symbolize a distinct arm of the American institution.”