Robert Downey Jr. is in the Zone for Tropic Thunder. View the video HERE!

Robert was on MTV’s TRL. Pictures are now in the gallery.

MTV’s TRL - 13th August

· I added photoshoot pictures to the gallery. You can see the pictures below.

You’ve seen the Tropic Thunder trailer and heard about Robert Downey Jr. controversial comedic role in the film as an Oscar winning actor playing a black soldier in big budget war movie. Now, hear what Downey has to say about the risky role everyone’s buzzing about. 
 

Hollywood.com: What was it like playing this character? 
Robert Downey Jr: There were times…I’d be in makeup for a couple hours and they’d be setting up some big shot or whatever. I’d go back to my trailer and I’d close the door and I would lock it. I’d just look at myself in the mirror and I would talk to myself as the character and I swear to God, it was one of the most therapeutic - - I’d look at myself and just be like, “You beautiful man.” And I would actually have this strange transcendent experience…but this was an American guy (referring to himself) who’s an actor who’s been raised in seeing the film industry become much more integrated, still living in an urban city that is largely, I’m realizing, segregated in a country that is verging on an opportunity of taking big leaps or taking steps to the side or backward. Meanwhile, I’m an actor for hire and I make faces for cash and chicken and I thought that this job could be really cool and funny and interested. But to answer your question, I loved it. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Downey Jr. feared that his reputation could be “destroyed” when he signed up for Tropic Thunder, he has revealed.

Tropic Thunder sees Downey Jr. portraying a method actor who dyes his skin dark to play an African-American character.

The actor has admitted that he was initially concerned about the movie’s sensitive subject matter, but his fears disappeared soon after he joined co-stars Ben Stiller and Jack Black in rehearsals.

“I felt like, ‘I want to work with Ben and Jack, but my way into the movie is I’ve got to be tarred and feathered for three months and maybe have my reputation destroyed.’ That was my fear,” Downey Jr. explained.

“Then we started doing make-up 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.”

Tropic Thunder is currently facing criticism in the US over its repeated use of the word “retard”. Disability-advocacy groups have called for a boycott of the film.

Robert was at the Tropic Thunder Premiere yesterday. Pictures are in the gallery.

Tropic Thunder Premiere - 11th August

The Soloist
Role: Steve Lopez
Status: filming
Release: 2008

Tropic Thunder
Role: Kirk Lazarus
Status: Post-Prod.
Release: 2008