# Robert Downey Jr. as Perry Mason \[EDIT:  Without RDJ\]

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**Created:** [August 17, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-downey-jr-as-perry-mason-edit-without-rdj/763037 "2016-08-17T01:16:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-downey-jr-as-perry-mason-edit-without-rdj/763037/5 "2020-04-22T17:03:24Z")

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Bumped.

Downey is off the case, as it were, and the lead role has been recast with Matthew Rhys (_The Americans, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood_, and others). It’ll premiere June 21.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry\_Mason\_(miniseries)

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