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Ben Stiller Doubts ‘Tropic Thunder’ Could Get Made “In This Environment”: “Edgier Comedy Is Just Harder To Do”
Ben Stiller doesn't think that if pitched today, Tropic Thunder would ever get made.
In a new interview, the Zoolander actor explained why he thinks the 2008 satirical action comedy film he directed and co-wrote would have difficulty getting greenlit. Tropic Thunder starred Robert Downey Jr. playing Kirk Lazarus, an Australian method actor who uses blackface to portray an African American soldier. Downey Jr. received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his work on Tropic Thunder but lost to Heath Ledger, who won posthumously for his role as The Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.
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