article_snippet.sent: a British journalist who dared to veer away from the superhero movie instead started asking personal questions about the actor's political beliefs and "dark periods" of addiction and jail time.
article_snippet.sent: Twitter, of course, is abuzz: Did journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy go too far?
article_snippet.sent: At one point, Robert Downey Jr. makes fun of journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy for seeming nervous, saying, "Your foot is starting to jump a little bit.
article_snippet.sent: You better get to your next question.
article_snippet.sent: But it's after journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy asks Robert Downey Jr. whether journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy thinks journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy is "free from all of that," referring to Robert Downey Jr.'s history of "taking drugs, drinking" that the building tension comes to a head.
article_snippet.sent: To which journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy replies, "I'm just asking questions," which indeed was so.
article_snippet.sent: It's just getting a little Diane Sawyer in here," followed by what sounds like, "and you're kind of a schmuck.