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Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus as Lincoln Osiris: An Australian method actor and five-time Academy Award winner, Lazarus had a controversial "pigmentation alteration" surgery to temporarily darken his skin for his portrayal of the black character, Staff Sergeant Lincoln Osiris.
- $92 million
- Theodore Shapiro
- August 13, 2008
- Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller, Eric McLeod
Aug 13, 2018 · Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Kirk Lazarus, who plays the black Sergeant Lincoln Osiris in the movie-within-the-movie, is one of Tropic Thunder’s most memorable — and infamous —...
Feb 23, 2024 · Robert Downey Jr. plays Kirk Lazarus, a fictional five-time Oscar-winning Australian method actor who is cast as African-American Staff Sargent Lincoln Osiris. Lazarus undergoes a controversial "pigmentation alteration" procedure to darken his skin and, being method, he's in the habit of never breaking character until after he's done DVD ...
- Colin Mccormick
- Ben Stiller
- Ben Stiller
Jan 22, 2020 · Downey as Kirk Lazarus as Lincoln Osiris. DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures. In the film, Lazarus undergoes a "controversial skin pigmentation procedure" to change his skin color and...
- BEN STILLER FIRST HAD THE IDEA FOR THE FILM IN 1987. In 1987, Ben Stiller appeared in Steven Spielberg's World War II drama Empire of the Sun. He couldn’t help but notice that, at the same time, many of his actor friends were getting jobs in Vietnam movies, attending fake boot camps, and claiming it was a life-changing experience.
- KEANU REEVES WAS STILLER’S FIRST CHOICE FOR TUGG SPEEDMAN. Stiller considered. casting Reeves as Speedman, and keeping the role of agent Rick "Pecker" Peck for himself.
- ROBERT DOWNEY JR. BASED KIRK LAZARUS ON THREE ACTORS. At a press conference, Downey said he based Lazarus on three actors: Russell Crowe and Daniel Day-Lewis, “with a little” Colin Farrell.
- MOS DEF TURNED DOWN PLAYING ALPA CHINO. The actor and recording artist wanted to change Alpa Chino from a rapper to an R&B musician, but the writers disagreed.
Dec 9, 2013 · Lincoln explaining the origins of the universe.
Jan 16, 2020 · Downey starred as Australian Oscar-winning actor Kirk Lazarus, who made the controversial choice of putting on blackface to play an African-American Vietnam soldier named Lincoln Osiris.
