Did you know? Nearly all aspects of the Les Grossman character were developed by Tom Cruise himself, including the dancing and the look of the make-up. Stiller said that in addition to the more obvious make-up effects applied to Cruise's face and head, and the extra hair on his chest and arms, Cruise also decided to play the character wearing oversized prosthetic hands. Read More
Kirk Lazarus's character was originally written as Irish. It was changed to Australian when Robert Downey, Jr. said it would be easier for him to improvise in the Australian accent that he had already developed for Natural Born Killers (1994).
Nearly all aspects of the Les Grossman character were developed by Tom Cruise himself, including the dancing and the look of the make-up. Stiller said that in addition to the more obvious make-up effects applied to Cruise's face and head, and the extra hair on his chest and arms, Cruise also decided to play the character wearing oversized prosthetic hands.
Kirk Lazarus says in the film: "I don't drop character 'til I've done the DVD commentary". When recording the audio commentary for the Unrated DVD and Blu-ray, Robert Downey, Jr. actually spends the entire commentary in the character that appears on the screen as the movie progresses.
Tropic Thunder 2008
13 Aug 2008 ● English ● 2 hrs 1 min
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