![]() ![]() Having finally become fed up with the actors, and following the suggestions of the film's subject and consultant John "Four Leaf" Tayback ( Nick Nolte), he decides to drop the actors in the jungle and simulate realistic warfare, hoping to get real emotions from them. In a matter of days, Tropic Thunder is way over budget and the actors won't cooperate. Naturally, nothing goes as planned, much to Cockburn's frustration. And the unknown actor: Kevin Sandusky ( Jay Baruchel), also the only one who had to audition for his role and the only one (aside from Lazarus, and it can be argued his preparedness only makes things worse) who actually prepared for it. ![]() Jackson), who markets an energy drink called "Booty Sweat" and doesn't take kindly to Kirk's portrayal of a black man. The popular rapper turned actor: Alpa Chino (Brandon T.The comedian: Jeff Portnoy ( Jack Black), who specializes in disgusting and vulgar comedy and playing multiple roles in one movie.The award-winning Australian actor: Kirk Lazarus ( Robert Downey Jr.), who is known for his violent tabloid antics and for taking invoked Method Acting up to eleven - most recently, going through cosmetic surgery to play an African-American.The action star: Tugg Speedman ( Ben Stiller), whose attempts at serious acting (most notoriously, the Oscar Bait film Simple Jack) have been disastrous so far, nearly ruining his career.He hires rookie director Damien Cockburn ( Steve Coogan) and five very different actors, who cause quite a stir in the press due to their very different backgrounds: Movie producer Les Grossman ( Tom Cruise) is in need of an award-winning movie and decides to make the best and most expensive Vietnam War movie ever: an adaptation of the memoir Tropic Thunder. Tropic Thunder is a satirical American action comedy film (with more focus on the comedy) from 2008, ( very loosely) inspired by the train wreck that was the production of the classic Apocalypse Now. This is the story of the people who attempted to make that movie." Of those four, three wrote books about what happened. The mission was considered to be near suicide. Four Leaf Tayback from a heavily guarded NVA Prison Camp. Army was sent on a top secret assignment in South East Vietnam. "In the Winter of 1969 an elite force of the U.S. ![]()
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