When it comes to his 2008 Hollywood sendupTropic Thunder,Ben Stilleris still sorry, not sorry.
It’s always been a controversial movie since when we opened.
Proud of it and the work everyone did on it."
Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. in ‘Tropic Thunder’.Everett Collection
The film is in no way meant to disparage or harm the image of individuals with disabilities."
That was my fear.
And then we started doing makeup tests, and it was like Mr.
Potato Face: ‘Can we take that wig off and put these teeth in?
Now put this on.
Now put that on.’
But by the time we were finally in rehearsals, I knew I had it."
It was impossible to not have it be an offensive nightmare of a movie."
Downey added, “Tropic Thunderwas about how wrong that is.”
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