Ben Stiller is starring as Tugg Speedman, an action movie star who, along with four
other macho co-stars, is forced to rely on his boot camp skills to stay alive
when things go horribly awry on their new movie. Ben co-wrote the comedy screenplay
with Justin Theroux (Zoolander, Charlie's Angels Full Throttle) and
Etan Cohen (Idiocracy). Jack Black will play Jeff “Fats” Portnoy, an overweight gross-out comedian from "The Fatties" franchise,
who’s forced to kick his drug addiction while filming on location in the
jungle.
Also starring are Robert Downey as Kirk Lazarus, the greatest actor of his generation and a four-time Oscar winner. Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up) will play Kevin Sandusky, an unknown actor on the set. Brandon T. Jackson plays multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino. Bill Hader (Superbad) plays Rob Slolom. Matt Levin (Zoolander) plays Cam. Andrew De Oliveira plays a pilates instructor.
Tom Cruise was also confirmed as appearing by Baruchel, and rumored to be playing the head of the movie studio. Reggie Lee (Pirates of the Caribbean) plays the heavy.
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According to a post on the IMDB message boards by SheckssFan77, this is the set for the scene of the cast and crew party in the movie. Thanks to our editor Karen Pok for finding these photos. View Larger Versions and Additional Photos from our Forum
Tom Cruise as a fat, bald studio head |
Ben Stiller Surfing (see more photos from this set) |
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There's a nice profile of Jay Baruchel from his native Canada. He's featured prominently in the Knocked Up trailer and is gearing up for a big role in a future Frat Pack Classic, Tropic Thunder. Now is a good time to learn more about this promising actor.
The $100-million (U.S.) Ben Stiller-directed Tropic Thunder will have him spending three months in Hawaii and another month in L.A.
On the phone Thursday from his N.D.G apartment, Baruchel was pumped to talk about this ambitious DreamWorks production, calling it "the biggest opportunity I've ever had."
Baruchel will star alongside Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. in this comedy about a gang of actors shooting a Vietnam War flick somewhere in southeast Asia who are thrust into a real-life battle. Baruchel plays the youngest of the actors, a wet-behind-the-ears newcomer.
Baruchel - whose biggest movie to date was the Clint Eastwood Oscar-winner Million Dollar Baby - has plenty of other exciting stuff to talk about, including his next film release, Knocked Up, a comedy from The 40-Year-Old Virgin writer-director Judd Apatow due in theatres on June 1; the Weinstein Company comedy Fanboys, set to hit screens across North America in August; and the Canadian hit-man laugher Real Time.
His spirits pick up when we start talking about Tropic Thunder, which he describes as "Three Amigos or Galaxy Quest in 'Nam." He said he and Stiller immediately connected. "We have a kind of shared heritage, with the whole half-Irish, half-Jewish thing," said Baruchel, who leaves for Hawaii in mid-July. "So we got off on that foot. We just talked about what movies we thought were funny." (Gazette)
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