First look: 'Tropic Thunder' with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 6, 2008 - 5:33pm.

I just received the following first-look photo and description from “Tropic Thunder”. Click the image below for a full-size version (or click here).

Tropic Thunder

(Front to back) In the action comedy “Tropic Thunder,” a group of actors shooting a war movie is led by Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), a pampered action superstar, Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an over-the-top Australian-born method actor who has gone to extremes to get into character, and Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), a gross-out comedy star. DreamWorks Pictures Presents A Red Hour Production A Ben Stiller Film “Tropic Thunder” starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Steve Coogan, Bill Hader and Nick Nolte. The film is directed by Ben Stiller from a screenplay by Ben Stiller & Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen based on a story by Ben Stiller & Justin Theroux. The producers are Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Eric McLeod. This film is not yet rated.

Photo Credit: Merie Weismiller Wallace

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Robert Downey Jr., Tom Cruise 'Tropic Thunder' transformations

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 7, 2008 - 2:29pm.

If it didn’t sink in for you from the text caption above, take a second look at the black man in the production still. That’s Robert Downey Jr.!

For the purposes of comparison, I have the shot of him below with his “Tropic Thunder” transformational makeup (source) and a regular shot without.

Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder

Robert Downey Jr.

Also, a shot of Tom Cruise getting into his “Tropic Thunder” character (source) is below.

Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder

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