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Downey, Ryder Apprehended by Allen
It's a cast a probation officer could love: Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder.
The Oscar nominees turned celeb defendants are in talks to star in funnyman Woody Allen's next flick, Thursday's Variety reports.
As is his way, Allen has divulged neither the film's plot, nor title.
Shame on you for suggesting America's Most Wanted.
To be fair, Downey, 38, and Ryder, 31, who as fresh-faced rising stars long, long ago costarred in the Vietnam War-era drama 1969, are hardly the all-new Bonnie and Clyde.
Downey has largely created problems for himself, with a string of drug-related arrests dating back to 1996. The quirky Chaplin star bottomed out in 1999 when he was sentenced to state prison for a probation violation. He has steered clear of trouble since his 2002 release from court-mandated rehab.
Ryder's crime was her unauthorized, four-figure shopping spree at a Beverly Hills department store in December 2001. Last November, the Reality Bites icon was found guilty of felony grand theft and vandalism. In April, a judge commended her for completing her court-ordered community service, and cleared her to accept work on out-of-Hollywood movie locations.
For Ryder, the big question was: Would there be offers to accept?
Even during his most troubled times, Downey, for one, fit in TV (Ally McBeal) and film (Wonder Boys) between arrests. And even if he did lose a job (see: Ally), he found another one (The Singing Detective, due out October 24).
Ryder, on the other hand, had been in decline, star-wise, since her Oscar-nominated turn in 1994's Little Women.
Just prior to her conviction, she had supporting roles in two 2002 films, the Adam Sandler hit, Mr. Deeds, and the Al Pacino bomb, Simone.
In January, just after her conviction, it was announced, perhaps prematurely, that she was on board for the Ray Romano big-screen comedy Eulogy. That film ended up rolling without her. (Word is she either dropped out or never officially dropped in.)
Of late, business has perked up. In addition to the potential Allen gig, Ryder is set to appear with Sean Connery in the big-screen adaptation of the 1942 romantic novel Embers. And, in Variety-speak, she's "attached" to Robert Altman's World War II drama The Widow Claire.
Per the trade paper, the Woody Allen flick will shoot in the fall. That's about the same time Allen's latest completed, and titled, flick hits theaters. Anything Else, starring Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci and his own spry self, is to be released September 16.
Allen, of course, has his own tabloid past. His messy split with longtime lover Mia Farrow, in which he took up with, and eventually married, Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi, involved allegations of child abuse. (An investigation resulted in no charges against the filmmaker. Still, in 1996, he was barred from seeing the child Farrow accused him of abusing.)
In addition to The Singing Detective, Downey will next be seen in the thriller Gothika. That film made extracurricular headlines in May when Halle Berry broke her arm on the set, reportedly while filming a scene with Downey.
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