For the supporting role, Downey Jr. earned Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Over the years, ...

As explained by People , the 2008 satirical comedy film featured Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus, a White Australian method actor ...

Robert Downey Jr. starred in the 2008 satire as an Australian actor who uses blackface to portray an African-American soldier ...

While Tropic Thunder would have been impossible to make today, Steven Spielberg greenlit the movie that almost risked Robert ...

The 2008 satirical film starred Robert Downey Jr. as a Method actor who dons blackface to play a Vietnam War soldier.

I don’t even know if I would have ventured to do it, to tell you the truth. I’m being honest,” Stiller said of making the ...

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It’s pretty wild that a movie like Tropic Thunder actually exists. The movie is insanely funny but its also become a super ...

Ben Stiller has said Robert Downey Jr's role as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder was "incredibly dicey", even at the time the ...

Robert Downey Jr.’s Tropic Thunder character is a big reason the film probably couldn’t get made today, according to director, co-writer and star Ben Stiller. “Obviously, in this environment ...

The 58-year-old movie star pointed to Robert Downey Jr.'s now-controversial role in the movie. In "Tropic Thunder," Downey Jr. undergoes "pigmentation alteration" surgery in order to play a Black ...