Race row as actor Robert Downey Jr 'blacks up' for new film

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=528496&in_page_id=1773 ^ | 17:38pm on 7th March 2008

[Lijahsbubbe]

It took forever to load, so I couldn’t watch it. (I probably did something wrong)

[boop]

I'm offended by Jack Black being made up like Thomas Dolby.

[Borges]

You don’t think Downey is a good actor? He’s pretty darn talented.

[Stonewall Jackson]

From what I was able to find on IMDB, this movie is supposed to be a comedy.

Stiller, Downey, and Black play actors who are filming a war movie in Vietnam when they stumble into the middle of a real drug war, but they think they are still filming the movie and there are hidden cameras everywhere.

What ruins it for me is the fact that Tom Cruise is also staring in it.

[Borges]

Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying

[ARE SOLE]

Thanks much SJ. A Stiller comedy I can deal with.

[Lijahsbubbe]

What ruins it for me is the fact that Tom Cruise is also staring in it.

Maybe he pretends to be a tall guy. That would be funny.

[Lijahsbubbe]

What ruins it for me is the fact that Tom Cruise is also staring in it.

Oh wait. Is he "staring", or "starring"? Staring would be frightening.

[Stonewall Jackson]

[Lijahsbubbe]

You stinker!

[InABunkerUnderSF]

YOU MEAN ZOOLANDER WASN’T INTENDED TO BE SERIOUS. Gawd, I have to totally redo my wardrobe. :o)

[Mila]

“unrecognisble? Is that some pretentious faux-latin term or just a missssssspelling?”

http://www.tysto.com/articles05/q1/20050324uk-us.shtml

[driftdiver]

“You don’t think Downey is a good actor? He’s pretty darn talented.”

I’ve enjoyed watching some of the movies all three of these guys have made. Call me a skeptic but my first impression of these three in a war movie was to think of Sean Penn’s The Thin Red Line.

[Borges]

This is about three actors who mistakenly get caught up in a real war so the mismatch is built into the plot. And ‘The Thin Red Line’ was fascinating. Penn was part of a huge cast so I don’t know why he should get credit and/or blame.

[kenavi]

I was referring to Black posing as a blonde.

No insult intended, some of my best friends...

[normy]

Yeah, some white liberal idiot like the college professor angry about the “White Party” which of course was white formal but she didn't know that.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

I guess my feeble attempt at funnin’ with you failed ... no offense was taken.

[normy]

That looks hillarious and original. I like Stiller and Jackl Black. Who is the KOTH writer?

[kenavi]

Can’t be too careful when faced with “blond(e)” rage!

[PhiloBedo]

...... “The Three Amigos”, redone.