JimK:  If I was one of the BK folks that cut him (and the Iron Man production) a big fat check, this might not go over too well.

IRON MAN star ROBERT DOWNEY JR. has publicly thanked fast food chain Burger King for helping him overcome his personal problems and resurrect his film career.
In 2003, the actor - who, at the time, was battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol - was driving a car filled with “tons of f**king dope” on California’s Pacific Coast Highway when he decided to stop at the burger joint for a meal.
And the trip to the fastfood outlet caused him to re-evaluate his whole life.
He says, “I have to thank Burger King. It was such a disgusting burger I ordered. I had that, and this big soda, and I thought something really bad was going to happen.”
According to Britain’s Empire magazine, Downey Jr. proceeded to throw all his drugs into the ocean, resolving to clean up his act then and there.
The actor goes on to hint that a fateful moment in new movie Iron Man, when his character Tony Stark requests a cheeseburger from Burger King after being released from his captors, is a reference to his own experiences.

He’s right, of course.  Every time I eat a Whopper it’s disgusting, and yet delicious.  I also fear bad things will happen.  Actually I know they will, because I am physically incapable of ordering anything at BK without getting those fucking onion rings, and bad things always happen in the downstairs area when i eat those God-forsaken devil-rings.

Anyway...weird little bit of promotion there.  “Hey kids, Burger King!  It’s disgusting and made me throw my drugs into the sea!” Any publicity is good publicity?  At least now we know why Stark asked for a BK cheeseburger and not something good.  They’re disgustingly inspirational!