As the classic comedy movie completes almost its two decades, the controversial drama surrounding it continues to stay part of social media and every now and then it resurfaces. Recently, addressing to one of the comments from fan, Stiller made it clear: “I make no apologies for Tropic Thunder. Don’t know who told you that. It’s always been a controversial movie since when we opened. Proud of it and the work everyone did on it.”
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Tropic Thunder was released almost two decades ago but the movie contiuunes to cause cpntrpovesial drama as lead actor Ben Stiller says he makes ‘no apologies’ for it.
The movie that was released in 2008 was boycotted for its portrayal of disabled people and minority groups with Marvel’s Robert Downey Jr donning blackface for the film.
Meanwhile, Stiller says he is 'proud' of doing the comedy movie.
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It was after a fan told him to ‘stop apologising’ for the 2008 film, saying that it was funnier because of modern cancel culture.
Tagging the actor, they wrote: “Please stop apologizing for doing this movie. It was and still is funny AF. Even funnier now with cancel culture the way it is. It's a MOVIE. Ya'll can just get over it.
"I was DYING laughing when I first saw it back in the day and so was everyone else."
Alongside the post was a screenshot of an earlier tweet, claiming the Meet The Parents star had been forced to apologise for Tropic Thunder.
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Responding to the fan, Stiller wrote: “I make no apologies for Tropic Thunder. Don’t know who told you that. It’s always been a controversial movie since when we opened. Proud of it and the work everyone did on it.”
The decades old comdey movie show a fictional group of actors who become invovled in jungle warfare and parodies of Apocalypse Now. And infact, this is not the first time the movie has faced controversial drama.
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In 2018, Olympic athlete Shaun White dressed up as neurodivergent character Jeff Portnoy, who had been played in Tropic Thunder by Jack Black.
The incident caused huge backlash from fans which led the snowboarder to eventually apologize for his actions on social media saying that he’d made a ‘wrong’ decision.
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At the time, Stiller also responded to the incident after one former fan called for a fresh boycott of the film on Twitter.
He wrote: “Actually Tropic Thunder was boycotted 10-years-ago when it came out, and I apologized then.
"It was always meant to make fun of actors trying to do anything to win awards. I stand by my apology, the movie, Shaun White, And the great people and work of the @SpecialOlympics”.
Stiller isn't the only actor in the film whose refused to apologise for their appearance.
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Actor Robert Downey Jnr shared a similar opinion in an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience.
He defended the film, stating that: "It was impossible to not have it be an offensive nightmare of a movie".