Bloopers Bay on Instagram: "Tropic Thunder (2008) - Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise, Jack Black, Jay Baruchel In one of the funniest behind-the-scenes moments that actually made it into the final cut, Robert Downey Jr. — playing the method-acting Australian superstar Kirk Lazarus (who’s playing an African-American soldier in the movie within the movie) — completely breaks character. After Jay Baruchel’s character nervously stumbles through his lines, Downey’s Lazarus snaps, saying: “S

Explaining on Instagram: "Follow (us) @Explaining to learn NEW stuff every single day 🧠 💫 In the 2008 satirical comedy “Tropic Thunder,” Robert Downey Jr. delivered one of the most daring and discussed performances of his career. He played Kirk Lazarus, an intense Australian method actor who undergoes a controversial “pigmentation alteration” surgery to play an African American sergeant in a Vietnam War epic. Downey Jr. stayed in character throughout the entire production, even famously record