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.
Tropic Thunder
- Theatrical - Wide 2022-09-13
- Cast Ben Stiller Jack Black Robert Downey Jr. Owen Wilson Nick Nolte Brandon Jackson Steve Coogan Danny McBride Bill Hader Justin Theroux
- Directed by Ben Stiller
- Written by Etan Cohen Justin Theroux
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Synopsis
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.
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