Tropic Thunder
- The part of Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr) was written as Irish, but Downey had already played an Aussie in the movie Natural Born Killers and thought it would be easier for him to do the same accent so they changed Lazarus to be Australian.
- Robert Downey Jr. didn't want to take the part at first because he thought it would be offensive playing an African American, but agreed to sign on because he really liked the script and wanted to work with Ben Stiller and Jack Black.
- In the movie, Kirk Lazarus claims that he doesn't break character until the DVD commentary, so Robert Downey Jr. did the DVD commentary for Tropic Thunder as Lazarus.
- The song "Low" by Flo Rida that Tom Cruise is always dancing to was not added until after filming was done when the song became a hit.
- Tom Cruise made up every aspect of his character in the movie including the dancing, the body hair, and the oversized prosthetic hands.
- The water buffalo that Jack Black rides at one point in the movie was unknowingly pregnant while on set and one day, the cast showed up and it was nursing a newborn.
- Owen Wilson was set to play Ben Stiller's character's agent but was replaced by Matthew McConaughey after his apparent suicide attempt. And at one point, Ben Stiller was supposed to play this role and Keanu Reeves was to play Tugg Speedman. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
- At one point in the movie, the character of Kirk Lazarus is mentioned to have won five Academy Awards. The actual record for most Oscar wins is Katherine Hepburn with four which is shocking because I just always assumed Meryl Streep has at least a dozen but actually only has three wins.
- At the end of the movie, Jon Voight is shown to be angry at losing the Academy Award for Best Actor to Tugg Speedman which is a reenactment of Voight's response to losing the same award to John Wayne in 1969.
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| "Yup, this character was nominated for a Golden Globe." |
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