"Even if you don't remember 2008's ""Tropic Thunder,"" you likely recall that Robert Downey Jr. was in blackface for his role. The controversial makeup choice <a href=""http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20182058,00.html"" target=""_blank"">was reflective of</a> the lengths that Downey's method actor character, Kirk Lazarus, would go to portray a Vietnam War sergeant who was initially written as African-American."
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