The idea for the movie is actually one Stiller has had for over two decades. Audiences that have seen it so far have totally embraced the character. The movie is skewering actors and how they take themselves so seriously. “When people see the movie – in the context of the film, he’s playing a method actor who’s gone to great lengths to play an African American. “I don’t mean to be flippant, but not at all,” he says. The first question we had to ask was obviously whether he was in any way worried about what reaction would be to the images of Downey Jr made up as a black man (he plays an actor so into his method that he changes his race rather than re-write the part). The next day we met up with Stiller, who directs as well as starring, at The Four Seasons for a chat about the film. Both scenes are very fast-paced and funny, although categorically not, as Stiller joked afterward, “A bit like Atonement, right?” Our comic appetite is certainly whetted for seeing the rest of this. Jack Black’s strapped to a tree, begging for heroin, and the others are questioning each other’s sexuality. Second scene takes place after Stiller’s character has been captured and his co-stars are plotting to get him back – only they’ve no idea what they’re doing. He explains about the hidden cameras, and then…well, it would be too much of a spoiler, but it’ll get a big laugh when you see it. Steve Coogan runs around like Werner Herzog, slapping Jack Black in the face, trying to generate some real emotion and anger. The first sees our key players dumped into the jungle for real for the first time. ![]() ![]() It’s a lot funnier than we’re describing it. Their director (Steve Coogan) gets fed up with them and considers dumping them in a war zone, which leads to the cast believing they’re still shooting a film when they are in fact in the midst of a war. It then quickly degenerates into a scene where a bunch of whiny actors (Stiller, Downey Jr, Jack Black, Jay Baruchel and more) are complaining about their work conditions. The trailer opens like Apocalypse Now, very dramatic and serious, but stops when we cut to Downey Jr holding Stiller's handless arm stumps. We then talked with Stiller about the movie, but more on that in a minute. ![]() Last night Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr unveiled the new trailer and two scenes from their upcoming comedy Tropic Thunder – a film Empire is already saving space for on the Best Comedy of the Year podium – at Koi in the Planet Hollywood hotel.
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