When Ben Stiller called him and pitched the role, he came out on the spot and said "Okay but I want him to be over the top, ugly, hairy, bald, with big hands and gold jewelry!!!!" HAHAHAHAHA Then one of the greatest comedies of all time was written!!!
I was watching this with my dad one day and when I told him this was Tom Cruise he couldn't believe it. Shout out Tom and the costume and makeup department
It's like someone told Tom he can't do comedy and he went "watch me" and just entered the scene made one of the most hilarious and unique comedic characters and just left to show people he can he just does not want to.
The whole cast really killed it. They were obviously the highlights, but everyone knocked it out of the park on this one. There was obviously magic onset for the whole shoot, and it shows in how hard everyone commits to each individual scene. Even smaller characters like the pirates, or the film crew in the opening scenes before the main cast is by themselves.
I love the fact that RDJ plays such a brilliant parody of method actors that it’s actually about as spot on as you could get. He would’ve won Best Supporting if he wasn’t going up against Heath Ledger for Dark Knight
Thank you for reminding me about what a one of a kind this movie really is, nothing can ever match it again because people are too stuck up on their fefes.
Fact: the character was fully design by tom cruise. Originally, ben stiller only wants tom to put on glasses and beard. But tom said he wanna fat suit, baldy and hairy hands. Tom also insist on making les grossman's dance scene. He said 'this guy needs to dance. I had to do it'
He killed that roll so hard, people didn't recognize him to the end credits. Literally. I remember being in the theater opening weekend, and when his name popped up in the credits for Les Grossman, multiple people gasped and said out loud "wait, WHAT!?". Unironically one of his best roles and a great highlight of an already legendary career. Edit: bro we get it “Me supah smart, me know dat wuz Tom Cruise.” Congratulations in 2024, after over a decade of prosthetic transformations in movies like this, it’s easy for you to recognize. It’s obviously him if you’re looking for it, duh. But at the time this was so polar opposite to the type of role Tom was known for, or what he looked like. Plus him being in the movie was kept under wraps and in none of the promotional material or trailers. At the time, even if you thought it might be him, on opening weekend it was enough to make you doubt yourself until the end credits. To retro actively look back at it and say “well duh”, is missing the point entirely. The role was so different and played so well, people could barely believe it was him.
Tom Cruise completely owned this role, deserving much greater recognition for his hilarious contribution to this classic movie. Not many dramatic actors, who also playe action roles, can truly live up to comedy like this. What a fearless and incredibly original performance!
@@BreeBunns name one. I will argue this all day. Tropic thunder was 08. Woke culture started in ‘10. Im talking like nonstop hard laughing comedies the whole way through. Ex Dumb and dumber.
The author of Interview with a Vampire was so mad Tom got cast as the lead but he won her over with his performance. He was also excellent in Born on the Fourth of July.
He has massive popularity spanning decades. He is hardly underrated. He also has chosen to do more action movies than other genres. He could do more artsy, independent, or comic roles if he chose to, but that is his choice.
If I remember right, he was at a low point in his career before this where people did not like him after his whole fiasco at the Opera show, Scientology obsession etc. and even fell out with Paramount. It was couple of years later when he did this movie that people started to like him again and slowly regained his respect. There was Valkyrie and another light hearted comedy Knight & Day afterward that got his career back on track.
Well I don’t know about best film of the YEAR. Comedies don’t tend to fare well in the Oscars anyway. But I believe the writing should have been recognized. And besides, the Golden Globe is more of an artistic coup anyway Just my opinion of course
This movie is in my top ten of all time for a reason. Every single actor, no matter how small or how big of a role they are was PERFECTION! Cried laughing the first time I saw it and every time afterwards
@@honaku309 it’s a comedic role but you can tell Tom Cruise takes the acting more seriously than his action role. You can tell Tom Cruise has serious acting in his older movies with more soulful, conversation-based scripts like this one
Honestly stupid comment. TC is one of the greatest actors to ever live. Almost everything hes done is oscar worthy. Its pure bias that causes people to think any differently.
You know movies are usually all the same. Sometimes maybe there will be those who are a bit different or slightly more original but at the core they are the same. Same plots, same scripts, same jumpscares and this lasts for decades. But sometimes, once every 12 years, out comes a movie that is not only good but also so weird and different that you're like "what the actual f was that?". This movie is it.
Tropic Thunder was really just THE Movie. I mean you got Black Robert Downey Jr and asshole old, crude and washed up Tom Cruise whose swearing like a sailor. This is just amazing
Жаль, такое сегодня больше не снимают) Стиллер прыгнул выше головы, сняв эту картину))) It's a pity they don't make movies like this anymore) Stiller went above and beyond when he made this film)))
Anyone else have to go back after watching the movie just to confirm and marvel at it being Tom Cruise since you didn’t realize during the ENTIRE MOVIE?? That’s fucking talent…
His performance was the best of any in the history of acting when you weight the other roles he's played and how unlike him is this character. That's acting and I've loved this movie since I've seen it in theaters. It brought the best out of every actor in the film and its really cinematic gold. Truly thank you Tom Cruise for giving me something that makes me smile EVERY TIME and can take me out of any negative mood. Brilliant.
Impossible task, I agree 100%. Whom ever could pull off a Tropic Thunder esq movie in 2024, would not only be of legendary status, godly comes to mind.
It was controversial even in the year it came out. There were a lot of people who called for boycotts, mostly for the usage of the word retard and Ben Stiller's Simple Jack character.
One of my all time favorite movies. Star studded cast, great story and acting to boot. I wish we went back to this era. People weren’t soft as they are now.
Not just tom, but all of these high level award winning actors, using their talents to just goof off, I guarantee most of this is improv. Makes sense why it it some of their best acting, they are just chillin.
The crew that does the Artwork for their disguises should win awards too. Amazing work. I assumed it was him but didn't fully know until the part where it zoomed onto his face lmao
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dude, honestly this is some of Tom Cruise’s best acting
When Ben Stiller called him and pitched the role, he came out on the spot and said "Okay but I want him to be over the top, ugly, hairy, bald, with big hands and gold jewelry!!!!" HAHAHAHAHA
Then one of the greatest comedies of all time was written!!!
@@BrassBashers hahahaha yeah! I saw that interview too. Man I miss when Hollywood was still making fun movies
@@Street.Hermit this whole film was to mock how wild Hollywood is!! He wanted to be the parody of Hollywood directors!!!
I was watching this with my dad one day and when I told him this was Tom Cruise he couldn't believe it. Shout out Tom and the costume and makeup department
Never looked at tom the same after this...amazing when you find out the big hands was his idea
I wish Tom had done more Comedies. He was ridiculously good
He's still alive and making movies, bruh.
But it's highly unlikely that he'll make a movie like this anymore@@MrCREWCRUSHIN95
@@MrCREWCRUSHIN95After reading that comment, I said he's still alive!
@@MrCREWCRUSHIN95 the point of the comment was he doesn't do more comedies, reading the whole sentence goes a long way
He's one of those guys that is funny without trying.
Matthew McConaughey wasn't acting here, he was genuinely stunned by Tom's acting.
He lost a few inches.
As we all are, too.
Lmao
No one told Matthew what tom was gonna do, because nobody knew what tom was gonna do.
Stunted?
It's like someone told Tom he can't do comedy and he went "watch me" and just entered the scene made one of the most hilarious and unique comedic characters and just left to show people he can he just does not want to.
Not unique at all. He just copied your average jewish executive. no conscience, all about the money.
I really wish he did more comedy bc he is so funny in a unique way.
@@overflow6004 it's not unique, he's acting as a stereotypical jewish executive.
Before he said that he said, "Here hold my beer .."
Weinstein parody
Between RDJ and Tom…this movie is pure 24k comedy gold.
The whole cast really killed it. They were obviously the highlights, but everyone knocked it out of the park on this one. There was obviously magic onset for the whole shoot, and it shows in how hard everyone commits to each individual scene. Even smaller characters like the pirates, or the film crew in the opening scenes before the main cast is by themselves.
I love the fact that RDJ plays such a brilliant parody of method actors that it’s actually about as spot on as you could get. He would’ve won Best Supporting if he wasn’t going up against Heath Ledger for Dark Knight
The opening of the movie with Robert Downey Jr.'s performance was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a movie.
The whole cast bro u cant tell me Jack Black didnt get down even Bill Hader is back there giving us his best performance ever
24k and pure are the same thing in regards to gold-content
Thank you for reminding me about what a one of a kind this movie really is, nothing can ever match it again because people are too stuck up on their fefes.
Fact: the character was fully design by tom cruise. Originally, ben stiller only wants tom to put on glasses and beard. But tom said he wanna fat suit, baldy and hairy hands. Tom also insist on making les grossman's dance scene. He said 'this guy needs to dance. I had to do it'
So you watched the other video too? Lmao
At that time Tom was taking hip hop dance lessons and he wanted to incorporate that into the character based on an interview
“Fat hands” actually
It was inspired in Harvey Weinstein and Les Moonves
Top 10 funniest movies of all time!
Adding Bill Hader to the mix is golden 😂😂😂
It really worked😎😎😎
“Welcome to the goody room.”
Bill Hader helped lift Cruise's performance up several notches. His deadpan and delivery perfectly complimented Cruise.
Best mix of fear and controlled hype
A nutless monkey could have done his role
Hader was superb.
lol he helped lift his bigdick
Very similiar to Dwight Schrute
Don’t see how Matthew McConaughey wasn’t dying laughing filming those scenes with Cruise!
He killed that roll so hard, people didn't recognize him to the end credits. Literally. I remember being in the theater opening weekend, and when his name popped up in the credits for Les Grossman, multiple people gasped and said out loud "wait, WHAT!?". Unironically one of his best roles and a great highlight of an already legendary career.
Edit: bro we get it “Me supah smart, me know dat wuz Tom Cruise.” Congratulations in 2024, after over a decade of prosthetic transformations in movies like this, it’s easy for you to recognize. It’s obviously him if you’re looking for it, duh. But at the time this was so polar opposite to the type of role Tom was known for, or what he looked like. Plus him being in the movie was kept under wraps and in none of the promotional material or trailers.
At the time, even if you thought it might be him, on opening weekend it was enough to make you doubt yourself until the end credits. To retro actively look back at it and say “well duh”, is missing the point entirely. The role was so different and played so well, people could barely believe it was him.
Bro,,,, yep I hear you. Had no idea it was Tom till the end! Best role ever played!
SAME
Same dude, blew my mind.
Reminds me of eddie murphy from norbit, had no idea he played the old chinese guy lol.
End of the movie, I asked my wife, Tom Cruise?!
THIS IS FLAMING DRAGON! When he yells it the third time always gets me lol😂
framing dragon!
Framing Dwagon
“Could you-uh find out who that was?” After such heartfelt vitriol is a criminally underrated line.
It’s a brilliant add-on
ok word salad.
@@col8353 just say you're illiterate and dumb, its ok
I was thinking the same thing. Really realistic portrayal of that feeling where you gotta try and walk it back to normal for a second.
talk MAD shit and then be like who was this? Reminds me of 2005 XBL chat
Tom Cruise completely owned this role, deserving much greater recognition for his hilarious contribution to this classic movie. Not many dramatic actors, who also playe action roles, can truly live up to comedy like this. What a fearless and incredibly original performance!
This is probably the best movie we've got in the last 30 years..
Criminally underrated.
Tropic thunder, Office space and Idiocracy.
Lol it's not underrated.
Def not 30 years lmao. But it’s the last great comedy before woke came along. They don’t make movies like this anymore.
Lmao they literally do though @TheGoonSquadd
@@BreeBunns name one. I will argue this all day. Tropic thunder was 08. Woke culture started in ‘10. Im talking like nonstop hard laughing comedies the whole way through. Ex Dumb and dumber.
This is one of my favorite Tom Cruises Roles!! He killed this!!
Ben Stiller’s best quality as a director/writer is he has no ego. He gave some of the best and funniest parts of Tropic Thunder to RDJ and Tom Cruise.
Still think Ben's best role was the antagonist in Dodgeball.
@@Stuart267 We're better than you, and we know it. Man that film is legendary
@@darkmist977 They have teased a sequel for years. But Ben Stiller & the love interest from the original got divorced.
I think Justin Threroux is the main writer.
The greatest comedian knows how to play that role of the movie in order to make others look funniest.
Tom Cruise phenomenally underrated as an actor because he’s good at action flicks
The author of Interview with a Vampire was so mad Tom got cast as the lead but he won her over with his performance. He was also excellent in Born on the Fourth of July.
@@stephanieharris9068 he was oscar worthy for Born on the Fourth of July
He’s playing himself - an Arrogant A-Hole!
He has massive popularity spanning decades. He is hardly underrated. He also has chosen to do more action movies than other genres. He could do more artsy, independent, or comic roles if he chose to, but that is his choice.
@ massively popular for sure but my point is he is underrated as a serious dramatic actor.
We really need a les grossman film
Nah
Yeah... we do!😂🎉
They're working on it
I feel like a whole movie about him would ruin the magic of the little screen time we get in tropic
Been saying it for years!!!!
Without doubt, his greatest role.
Ive never seen a guy have so much fun.
This was the movie that made me respect Tom Cruise again. Any actor whose willing to go against type like this has my respect.
If I remember right, he was at a low point in his career before this where people did not like him after his whole fiasco at the Opera show, Scientology obsession etc. and even fell out with Paramount. It was couple of years later when he did this movie that people started to like him again and slowly regained his respect. There was Valkyrie and another light hearted comedy Knight & Day afterward that got his career back on track.
this is the modern version of Blazing Saddles. We won't get another movie with this kind of edge in another 30-40 years.
I love Bill Hader as his assistant/hype man.
Les Grossman is hilarious, didn't know Tom was excellent in comedic roles. LoveTropic Thunder so much I watched it 4 times already!
I always liked tom cruise, i think he's a legend. But he owned in this movie, hard core.
His best role ever!!!
The fact that the whole character's idea was his, including the dance moves is even more awesome
Not a role, he finally had the chance to be himself
Dude just want to dance
Nobody talks about the talented Mr. Tom Cruise. That man can act.
Tom Deserve an Oscar award for this performance
I believe he was nominated for best supporting actor in golden globes . Not sure about the Oscar
Yeah how is it not possible this should be the best film of the Year Oscars everything
So did Robert Downey Jr.
Well I don’t know about best film of the YEAR. Comedies don’t tend to fare well in the Oscars anyway. But I believe the writing should have been recognized. And besides, the Golden Globe is more of an artistic coup anyway
Just my opinion of course
@@sherridoty4000 He also got a BET nomination.
This is beyond funny. Can't make this film today, but thank goodness it was made. The cast was great.
Bro 😂 "can you find out who that was?" after the most heartfelt threat I’ve heard is comedic genius
This and Collateral is the best Tom Cruise performances for me
this is one of the greatest movies ever made.. well written, well cast, well directed, well composed... well delivered.. highly entertaining
I haven't seen this in quite a while. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Proof that Tom Cruise is a great actor.
This movie is in my top ten of all time for a reason. Every single actor, no matter how small or how big of a role they are was PERFECTION! Cried laughing the first time I saw it and every time afterwards
I watch this at least twice a week. One of the best movies ever filmed!
1st time i've seen tom cruise played a comedy role👍🏻 and he is very serious in this role,.😎🤣
What do you mean? He was serious
@@honaku309 it’s a comedic role but you can tell Tom Cruise takes the acting more seriously than his action role. You can tell Tom Cruise has serious acting in his older movies with more soulful, conversation-based scripts like this one
@@tannyocean9984 it was a joke... more like i'm just acting that i did not know what he was playing which that is a part of my joke
He's Jeff
Check out his cameo in Austin Powers Goldmember.
This is why there should be an Oscar category for comedy.
Tropic Thunder had me rolling especially Tom Cruise as Les Grossman I wish Tom could do more funny movies because he’s actually hilarious
Check out Knight and Day. It’s like Mission Impossible but a comedy
@@stellastarbrightk7563 The Jeep in that movie is funny. They made it sound like it has a huge V8 in it.
He's also good in Jerry Maguire
0:48 I didn’t figure out that this was Tom cruise until the second time I watched it. I don’t think my mind could process it.
чем ты смотрел если не узнал его
So ME 😂
“Will you find out who that was?” That line just cements it 😂
Tom Cruise is really an underrated actor. Think about ALL the movies he's been in.Its really impressive.
Bill hader's awkwardness is probably the funniest th8ng about the situation 😂😂😂
His only direction was to always back up Les. Hes basically doing improv😂
YES! i often feel like that is overlooked, every quick, secret and terrifying glance toward his boss to see how will he react to his every suck
Yup, they complement each other for great comedic effekt 😂
this movie is a masterpiece
My whole theater was shocked when we all saw the end credits lmaooo
I'm willing to bet no one was more shocked than Ludacris seeing Tom Cruise dancing to his song at the end of this movie.
Sounds like a theater full of idiots
@@blairbrown4812 screw that guy he got diddyd
Definitely tom cruise’s best comedic role ever. May best role ever
i was just talking about this yesterday. this may never happen again in my lifetime. movies like this.
One of my favorite characters he played. He deserved a stand alone Les film after this as a sequel.
This is honestly Tom Cruises best performance. Why? Cause he isn't acting like Tom Cruise!
True
So was his role as the "ugly" vampire Lestat
There are many movies he doesn't act as Tom Cruise. You just haven't watched enough..
Honestly stupid comment. TC is one of the greatest actors to ever live. Almost everything hes done is oscar worthy. Its pure bias that causes people to think any differently.
You know movies are usually all the same. Sometimes maybe there will be those who are a bit different or slightly more original but at the core they are the same. Same plots, same scripts, same jumpscares and this lasts for decades. But sometimes, once every 12 years, out comes a movie that is not only good but also so weird and different that you're like "what the actual f was that?". This movie is it.
james franco's the interview comes pretty close to this too
Tom's best role ever. Prove me wrong haha.
His best role ever. The dance scene..pure brilliance.. 😂
Tom Cruise needed to win an Oscar. Hands down, best Tom Cruise character ever!
Tropic Thunder was really just THE Movie.
I mean you got Black Robert Downey Jr and asshole old, crude and washed up Tom Cruise whose swearing like a sailor.
This is just amazing
also - flaming dragon guy's reactions are on point
true man. Everything was
The process from angry to confusion and every step in the way is simply unique
Such a wonderful character.. Did so much to redeem him.
literally the greatest ever made they dont make them like this anymore never let this gem die
The academy missed this opportunity to give him an Oscar for this outstanding acting.
00:18 Matthew McConaughey was bumping to the beat with everybody here 😂
This is one of the funniest films of all time. I legit die every time I watch it.
Tom Cruise was hilarious as hell in this movie!!! 🤣😂 That dance scene at the end had me fuckin dying!! 😂🤣😂
Absolutely hilarious and it was so unexpected from Tom Cruise - some of his best work! The ‘flaming dragon’ scene had me in stitches!!!
“Directed by Ben stiller” hits the screen with the grossman dance. This is very plausible and refined
Everything about this scene is classic!! Matts look, Tom, Hader the hype man… its perfection!
i wonder how many times Mathew laugh in the scene where Tom dances... xD
Thank you for this! I am saving this and coming back to it for life! This will never not be funny LOLOL
“Simple Jack belong to us now…”
😂
I seriously wanted Ben Stiller to make the movie Simple Jack! I laughed so hard when he was doing that character!
"ASIA Jack is my f*cking character"
ASIA JACK 😂😂😂😂😂
"Ahh man he went full retard"
Tom is so uptight I never could imagine he’d have those moves!
It's probably the greatest roll Tom Cruise ever played, PLAYA!
I couldn't stop busting up during the G5 scene and the entire time I had no idea it was Tom til later. Oscar performance.
Les Grossman needs his own movie.
That was simply outstanding acting! I did not realized he was tom until the end…
Tom is out of his box - again - a "Kubrick" moment :-)
If tom cruise will say yes , ill produce a les grossman movie .. one of the best characters in the last 2 decades
Жаль, такое сегодня больше не снимают) Стиллер прыгнул выше головы, сняв эту картину)))
It's a pity they don't make movies like this anymore) Stiller went above and beyond when he made this film)))
Anyone else have to go back after watching the movie just to confirm and marvel at it being Tom Cruise since you didn’t realize during the ENTIRE MOVIE?? That’s fucking talent…
One of the greatest movie characters of all time, brought to life by the amazing Tom Cruise.
Bill Hader and Cruise were legend! Cruise was excellent…one of my favorite roles he ever had. “You shit the money bed, friend!”
This was the best role he ever played.
I honestly did not know it was him until the end credit even though I knew I recognized him from somewhere.
His performance was the best of any in the history of acting when you weight the other roles he's played and how unlike him is this character. That's acting and I've loved this movie since I've seen it in theaters. It brought the best out of every actor in the film and its really cinematic gold. Truly thank you Tom Cruise for giving me something that makes me smile EVERY TIME and can take me out of any negative mood. Brilliant.
Finest moment in the history of cinema.
Any man who is able to to make the tropic thunder of 2024 would die a legend.
Impossible task, I agree 100%. Whom ever could pull off a Tropic Thunder esq movie in 2024, would not only be of legendary status, godly comes to mind.
No, that's how terrible movies are made.
Only Marvel Jesus could do it.
It was controversial even in the year it came out. There were a lot of people who called for boycotts, mostly for the usage of the word retard and Ben Stiller's Simple Jack character.
@@stalefurset9444not if Disney's got him by the balls
One of my all time favorite movies. Star studded cast, great story and acting to boot. I wish we went back to this era. People weren’t soft as they are now.
"I want big hands. And I want to dance"
And this was what we got 😂
It was funny, self deprecating, honestly I loved it. He is charming and funny. He reminded me of the late great James Lipton here.
Tom has been going places as an actor. He has never been back to being: Les Groosman !
Not just tom, but all of these high level award winning actors, using their talents to just goof off, I guarantee most of this is improv.
Makes sense why it it some of their best acting, they are just chillin.
This Character killed every scene he was in.
I forgot what this movie was about, but I cant forget Tom C. as Les Grossman ever. Shame there is no movie about Les. It would be great.
The crew that does the Artwork for their disguises should win awards too. Amazing work. I assumed it was him but didn't fully know until the part where it zoomed onto his face lmao
Tom is a fucking legend...a pure master of acting..
Matthew McConaughey was like "wtf am I looking at"
The fact that RDJ got nominated for this showed that how much better Hollywood was then
Matthew's flabbergasted expression is real.
Tom cruise killed the break dance at the 2024 Olympics lol
If he all of a sudden started to do comedy roles in his older years making fun of how serious he has been. It would overshadow his Scientology
1:29 The difference between their head sizes is absurd. I almost thought this was forced perspective.
It is. Tom asked for that character to specific have large hands
2:08 Idk why that got me but the way he stares at Matthew for a half second is the best reaction.
Maaaaan This is an Oscar Award Moment. When Nick Nolte spit out the apple I literally smelled it.
I can't remember Cruise play this roles at the first time I've watched it😂 he transform himself completely