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Tobey Maguire Remembers Kate Winslet’s Amusing Tropic Thunder Praise

by Mohammad Kashif
December 26, 2022
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Tobey Maguire remembers Kate Winslet making a hilarious remark to him on his performance in Tropic Thunder. Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, and Brandon T. Jackson play a gang of high-maintenance actors attempting to shoot a Vietnam War movie in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder. The success of the fictional movie-within-a-movie, Tropic Thunder, determines the fate of Stiller’s washed-up playing career as Tugg Speedman, who also wrote and directed the movie. Damien Cockburn, their irate director, abandons the squad in the middle of real-world combat in the jungle in this satire of several well-known war movies (Steve Coogan).

Actress Kate Winslet’s amusing Tropic Thunder remark comes to mind when Tobey Maguire responds to inquiries from fans on Reddit. When a fan asks Maguire which of his movies he hopes he could keep around for prosperity, Maguire answers Tropic Thunder. He continues by saying that Winslet informed him the film was his “crowning achievement” once they crossed paths. Although she wasn’t sure if it was praise, Maguire handled the remark with stride. Read his complete response below:

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Unpacking Tobey Maguire’s Character in Tropic Thunder

Even though Maguire only had a minor part in Tropic Thunder, it nonetheless had a humorous impact on the movie. The fake trailer for Kirk Lazarus, played by Robert Downey Jr., is when Tobey Maguire makes a brief appearance. The trailer for RDJ’s latest movie, Satan’s Alley, in which he probably stole the show as Australian method actor Lazarus, is out. The movie, a satire of Downey’s Wonder Boys and Brokeback Mountain, is about two homosexual monks in a 12th-century Irish abbey. With Lazarus playing his lover, Maguire plays himself in the film. Maguire’s MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, which he actually received for his renowned upside-down kiss in Spider-Man, is also mentioned in a brief clip of the fake trailer.

How Did Tropic Thunder Become Such An Unexpected Hit?

At the box office, Tropic Thunder outperformed Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which debuted the same weekend. Tropic Thunder was a huge hit in theatres. Tropic Thunder overtook The Dark Knight, which had held the top spot for four weeks in a row before Tropic Thunder’s release. The movie attracted a sizable audience and favorable reviews from reviewers, earning the movie a score of more than 80% on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. Tropic Thunder was hailed for its performances, with Downey, Stiller, Black, and Cruise garnering accolades for their efforts. It was seen as RDJ’s return role with his performance in 2008’s Iron Man. The movie earned RDJ his second Oscar nomination and made $195 million worldwide (which his fictional character had five of).

However, Tropic Thunder’s triumph was not without criticism. A number of issues, notably Downey’s usage of blackface that his character dons as part of his method acting routine, accompanied the premiere of the movie. But over time, Stiller has addressed the criticism, claiming that because the movie was satirical, the response was self-aware. The usage of blackface is neither encouraged nor applauded since viewers are made aware of how problematic and grotesque its performers are; rather, it is used as social commentary on how prevalent it is in Hollywood. Tropic Thunder’s popularity is partially a result of how divisive it is.

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