{"id":9726,"date":"2014-10-07T15:15:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T19:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=9726"},"modified":"2014-10-08T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T14:40:15","slug":"the-judge-is-more-than-a-courtroom-drama-said-robert-downey-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2014\/10\/the-judge-is-more-than-a-courtroom-drama-said-robert-downey-jr.html","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Judge\u2019 is More than a Courtroom Drama Said Robert Downey Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe title=\"The Judge - Official Trailer [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZBvK6ni97W8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>High-profile criminal\u00a0lawyer Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) returns Indiana to\u00a0grieve the loss of his mother and take on unresolved issues he\u2019d like to forget, including his estranged dad. But when the\u00a0town judge and father Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall)\u00a0needs representation for a murder charge\u2014Hank is forced to face demons and prosecuting lawyer\u00a0 Billy Bob Thornton as Dwight Dickham\u00a0in the comedy-drama \u201cThe Judge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film could be a viewed as a courtroom drama, a father son story, but Downey viewed it from another perspective. The audience is a cast member in &#8216;The Judge&#8217; because many can relate to the conversations between the characters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we&#8217;ve been having these screenings people will be \u2018I know it\u2019s called \u2018The Judge,&#8217; but that\u2019s my mom\u2026\u2019 or the dialog that\u2019s been going on with people who just seen the movie and that to me has been the big reward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thornton has been friends with Duvall for 18 years, who calls the Arkansas actor the Hillbilly Orson Wells, but despite the smiles, the role proved challenging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always great working with Bobby. He\u2019s been a friend and mentor for many, many years. This is the first time I had to prosecute him,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that was one of the hardest part was overcoming, that\u2019s one of the big things for an actor to get over in a movie is if you know somebody very well you have to forget who that person is. I knew I had to get in his face. At the end of the day I just put my own father there,\u201d Thornton laughed.<\/p>\n<p>The Judge opens on Oct. 10 with a cast that includes Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, Vincent D\u2019Onofrio, Leighton Meester, Ken Howard, Emma Tremblay, Balthazar Getty and David Krumholtz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-profile criminal\u00a0lawyer Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) returns Indiana to\u00a0grieve the loss of his mother and take on unresolved issues he\u2019d like to forget, including his estranged dad. 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