About which of his early films did Robert Downey Jr. say that his character was like playing "the ghost of Christmas future"?

Downey traces the origins of his well-documented struggle with substance abuse as far back as age 8, when his father first introduced him to drugs. But the actor also points to his experience playing the charismatic, drug-addicted Julian Wells in Less than Zero (1987) as a crucial point in his downward trajectory towards full-blown addiction: "The character was an exaggeration of myself. Then things changed and, in some ways, I became an exaggeration of the character." Thankfully, Downey pulled himself back up and off of that grim course, and went on to become one of the most respected (and highly paid) actors in the world.

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