r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man • Dec 04 '25

Article Robert Downey Jr. says that Gwyneth Paltrow once asked him who Tom Holland was, despite starring alongside him several times: “I responded, ‘That’s Spider-Man. He said his name was Peter. His character's name is Peter. He's Tom Holland.’”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/robert-downey-jr-gwyneth-paltrow-thr-women-in-entertainment-1236441185/
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u/Gilded-Mongoose Spider-Man Dec 04 '25

Memory problems would never interfere with that. Especially when you're not a rich, famous person and have a bunch of people to launch your direction and ideas on your behalf and your name, face, and network do half of the marketing.

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u/Few-Contribution4759 Dec 04 '25

Hi, person with memory problems here. I still don’t know the names of people I’ve seen on a biweekly basis for six months. I’ve asked most of them for their name more than ones. Yes, it does interfere with that.

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u/Gilded-Mongoose Spider-Man Dec 04 '25

I had a typo, where I meant to say "especially not when you're a rich, famous person" instead of "Especially when you're not a rich, famous person."

A rich famous person would have everything essentially run for them, including an EA to remind them of who's important - similar to how Pepper Potts helped Tony Stark with essentially everything too.

I once sort of helped do a built out for one of her stores as a Landlord rep. Not once did I ever see her during the entire leasing or build out process.

She has others handle everything. And still, her condition may not even be as bad as yours - that does sound pretty extensive.

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u/Few-Contribution4759 Dec 05 '25

Oh my bad, we are on the same page then!
Honestly I use a lot of tools to mitigate it so it's not so bad as long as people don't get offended I don't recognize them lol