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Don’t worry, the actor with the legendary past isn’t back to his old hard-partying tricks. Robert Downey Jr.‘s crotch simply caught on fire while he was working. It could happen to anyone, really.
On the set of Guy Ritchie‘s film, Robert was puffing away on the trademark pipe favored by his character Sherlock Holmes when a stray ash sparked his pants. According to a witness on set, “Robert leaped from his armchair and jumped up and down, slapping his crotch and howling, ‘Oh God, I’m on fire!’”
It was his quick-thinking co-star Jude Law who came to the rescue of Downey Jr.’s family jewels when he extinguished the flames using the water from a flower vase. Seriously though, I’m sure this has happened to Robert before. During a particularly dry summer something he probably lit a spark or two.
Click any photo to view all 30+ photos of Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Guy Ritchie on the set of Sherlock Holmes in the gallery!
Don’t worry, the actor with the legendary past isn’t back to his old hard-partying tricks. Robert Downey Jr.‘s crotch simply caught on fire while he was working. It could happen to anyone, really.
On the set of Guy Ritchie‘s film, Robert was puffing away on the trademark pipe favored by his character Sherlock Holmes
when a stray ash sparked his pants. According to a witness on set,
“Robert leaped from his armchair and jumped up and down, slapping his
crotch and howling, ‘Oh God, I’m on fire!’”
It was his quick-thinking co-star Jude Law
who came to the rescue of Downey Jr.’s family jewels when he
extinguished the flames using the water from a flower vase. Seriously
though, I’m sure this has happened to Robert before. During a
particularly dry summer something he probably lit a spark or two.Check out all 30+ photos of Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Guy Ritchie on the set of Sherlock Holmes in the gallery!
kim | November 3, 2008 at 4:40 pm
SEXY SEXY Jude as Dr. Watson
he can come over an put my fire out !
sheryl | November 3, 2008 at 5:40 pm
That story sounds a bit unbelievable, but….Mmmmm…love these pictures!
That first picture has me wanting a sandwich for some odd reason…
Jazz | November 4, 2008 at 4:31 am
This sounds like B.S. to me. I wouldn’t believe it!
angie | November 4, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Okay, okay…reading this, I suddenly started hearing Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhy Meyers, Velvet Goldmine) in my head:
“Baby’s on fi-re
Better thrown her in the wa-ter….”
angie | November 4, 2008 at 2:23 pm
(correction of spelling goofs in previous posts)
Okay, okay…reading this, I suddenly started hearing Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Velvet Goldmine) in my head:
“Baby’s on fi-re
Better throw her in the wa-ter….”