tropic

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Stateside, Coogan's respected as a versatile comedic actor who appears in large franchises and cult favorites like "Tropic Thunder" and "Hamlet 2."

From Salon

“Actually Tropic Thunder was boycotted 10 years ago when it came out, and I apologized then,” Stiller tweeted at the time.

From Los Angeles Times

Protesters decry ‘name calling’ in ‘Tropic Thunder.’

From Los Angeles Times

The writer-director said this week that he doesn’t regret his 2008 satire “Tropic Thunder,” the controversial action-comedy about a hapless band of actors who try to shoot a movie in a war zone and end up fighting in the melee.

From Los Angeles Times

But Stiller chimed in to correct the user attributing the mea culpa to the film director and co-writer, tweeting: “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.”

From Los Angeles Times