Tropic Thunder with a black Robert Downey

So there is a new movie coming out called Tropic Thunder with Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Nick Nolte, and uh… Robert Downey Jr.

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Yes, that’s him, the black guy.  Here’s an explanation:

[Downey] plays Kirk Lazarus, a very serious Oscar-winning actor cast in the most expensive Vietnam War film ever. Problem is, Lazarus's character, Sgt. Osiris, was originally written as black. So Lazarus decides to dye his skin and play Osiris, um, authentically. Funny? Sure. Dangerous? That's an understatement. ''If it's done right, it could be the type of role you called Peter Sellers to do 35 years ago,'' Downey says. ''If you don't do it right, we're going to hell.''

Tropic Thunder debuts August 15, but we'll only have to wait until March 17 to see the trailer -- which, according to EW, features Downey trying "to bond with a real African-American castmate by quoting the theme song from 'The Jeffersons.'"

And here is a synopsis of the movie:

Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in "Tropic Thunder," an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they end up knee deep in the shit.

Topic Thunder: Shit Blows Up

Official site with a trailer:

http://www.tropicthunder.com/site.php
 

Wow! You can't get into that site unless you provide your full name, zip code and birth date! That's pretty fucking creepy for a movie.

Also, the left side of my ass that's robert downey jr.

I'm surprised its not being called racist to cast a crackhead as a black guy.

Here is another link for the trailer.  The official movie site required a "creepy" login, so this is easier.  It's not much of trailer, just a tease, but you get a sense of the whole thing.

http://www.movieweb.com/video/V08CkmoyzCGHOY

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I guess its a possible hoax.  But I tend to think its real. Every article, picture, interview, etc mentions it.  And Downey talks about the delicate situation this role presents as well. [br][br]

Here's an article which also mentions that Stiller has been thinking about this idea ever since he was in Empire of the Sun 20 years ago.[br]

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20182058,00.html

[br][br]But it absolutely could be a con job as a publicity stunt.  Then again, having a white actor play a white actor who decides to play a black guy in a movie seems to be a pretty good publicity stunt in itself.

You can tell that's him. Check the eyes. Also they have the same ears.

Oh, and this film sounds a little like Three Amigos in 'Nam.

Paul, you Parka'd!
 

Also, I do remember Soul Man. Those were simpler times back then.

They just released a new, restricted trailer for this, which makes it look even more hilarious, and points out Robert Downey Junior's character's deficits as a black man even more resoundingly:

This is the official site of the trailer, which is age restricted and requires a creepy log in checking your info against government issued IDs:

http://www.tropicthunder.com/restrictedgate/restrict.php

Or, more conveniently, the Youtube version fo the new trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCDtdhiCm6A

Quite possibly the best part of that trailer is seeing Lazarus (downey jr), in black face, tell Chino (Brandon Jackson) that insulting Crocodile Dundee/Paul Hogan is crossing the line.

Have you guys ever seen Anthony Hopkins play Othello, and he looks like he has soot all over his face? So bad, so very bad.

I'm a sucker for comedies.  I've must've showed all my friends the red band trailers for Tropic Thunder and The Pineapple Express.  Tropic Thunder looks incredible, and I can't wait to see a certain cameo...

Saw it tonight finally.  There was this scene where RDJ was yelling at another castmate and did this weird smile-frown combo that had me cracking up.  Between and Jack Black, they had the character mannerisms down pat.  There were sooo many one-liners.  Gotta love a movie with fake trailers.

i was just thinking of this movie. classic.

Quick, we only have 16 hours before they wake up!

The certain cameo was worth the price of admission alone.

i liked when the one guy was confessing how he was gay and jack black is saying how if he unties him he'll suck his dick.

I've got to say the funniest thing about this thread and about Tropic Thunder in general had to be that before the movie came out the outrage had to do with Robert Downey Jr. playing an African American role and once the film came out the outrage all had to do with Ben Stiller playing a "mentally challenged person." It's amazing how quickly things can flip back and forth like that. In all honesty this movie was hilarious and the casting was brilliant. The opening fake credits featuring Downey and the kid from Spider Man in the newest Broke Back Mountain rip off was classic, as was Scorch 6 (I think it was 6) Iced Earth starring Stiller having to save the day for the billionth time from the "unthinkable happening again." Black did a great job with his role as well playing the heroin addicted actor obsessed with his "jelly beans." I can honestly say I don't think I'd ever want to drink that Ghetto Sweat (I believe that was the name of the drink) that rapper guy kept plugging.
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