Robert Downey Jr. shocked to find himself in Cleveland this morning

Actor Robert Downey Jr., a member of the cast for “The Avengers”, didn’t expect to find himself in Cleveland when he woke up this morning.

His surprise came despite the fact the movie is being shot in Cleveland all during the month of August.

An assistant of Downey Jr.’s, who asked not to be named, says she received a frantic call about 10 a.m. this morning from the Iron Man star who is reprising his role in “The Avengers.”

“He was completely rattled,” said the assistant. “He was sort of out of breath and just kept muttering to himself between sentences about how he must have really fucked up this time or something.”

According to the assistant and other sources close to the situation speaking on condition of anonymity, Downey Jr. became disoriented when he got out of the shower and opened his hotel room door to see a copy of the Cleveland Plain Dealer waiting for him. Things only got worse when he turned on the TV and was confronted with Indians-Tigers highlights.

“I kept trying to calm him down and tell him that he was here to film a movie, but he wouldn’t listen,” said his assistant.

The assistant claims that Downey Jr., at one point in the conversation, said to her, “I’ve woken up in some fucked up places before, but I’ve never woken up in a place like Cleveland.”

Things escalated after Downey Jr. abruptly hung up on his assistant by saying, “I need a minute to clear my head.” That call ended around 10:15 a.m. A call from Downey Jr. came in to 9-1-1 at approximately 10:25 a.m.

Tapes released of the 9-1-1 call reveal a confused Downey Jr. asking to be connected to someone who could help him and admitting that he “can’t be entirely sure I didn’t kill someone last night. For what it’s worth, there are no bodies in the bathtub here or anything.”

Cleveland police didn’t have much more success calming down the agitated star once they arrived.

“He was cooperative at first,” said Cleveland police chief Michael McGrath in a press conference. “What set him off was when he saw the Cleveland police logo on the uniforms. He kept requesting to talk to some real police officers from a real city and threatening to put on his Iron Man suit if we didn’t cooperate.”

Downey Jr. only began to normalize when director Joss Whedon showed up at the hotel room at approximately 11:30 a.m.

“This was nothing more than a simple miscommunication,” Whedon said. “We knew that we had to protect Rob and make every effort to help him think that he wasn’t in Cleveland. It appears someone on the crew didn’t get our memo and allowed him to be exposed to various elements of the city. I assure you that person will not be working on this production much longer.”

Whedon was finally able to calm Downey Jr. by telling him it was all a big joke and the whole cast would have a good laugh about it later.

“We’ve taken all necessary precautions for this to never happen again,” Whedon said. “The New York Times will be delivered to his door every morning and we’ve had a three-dimensional New York skyline mural painted on his hotel room windows in order to give the impression that he is not, in fact, in Cleveland.”

Whedon also said they are working with city officials to have a giant picture of the Empire State building draped over Terminal Tower “just in case Rob happens to notice the tall buildings.”