Ben Stiller doubts Tropic Thunder could get made today
With all of the controversies attached to it, Tropic Thunder director/co-writer Ben Stiller doesn’t think the satire could get made today.
In the action-comedy “Tropic Thunder,” Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a “Who’s Who” of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar(R)-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise “The Fatties”; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they’re portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.
With all of the controversies attached to it, Tropic Thunder director/co-writer Ben Stiller doesn’t think the satire could get made today.
Justin Theroux says a Tropic Thunder sequel could happen with key stars returning if the right idea comes along.
Robert Downey Jr. is again defending Tropic Thunder, even comparing its controversy to that of All in the Family.
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