Fan casting

I still stand that Tom Hardy or an unknown should play Harry, but hear me out Robert Downey Jr.:

Like yes he’s a world famous actor know the world over for a small role that like no one has ever heard of:

But honestly it wasn’t that that made me peg him as a solid Dresden pick. It was actually in watching Sherlock Holmes of all things.

Because take the eccentric genius element out. And he plays a scrappy detective with a nasty habit of leveling whole buildings with a long suffering companion and a massive authority complex and excellent improvisor. Even then let’s take RDJ’s background as a person:

He was considered an untouchable and a liability until Iron Man. Similar to Harry he grapples with internal demons that can tempt him down a very dark path and knows what it’s like to be cast aside by the community that was supposed to embrace you. Sure he’s not a perfect pick and is waaaay too famous for the role, but if somehow he got cast I’d be pretty jazzed.