Race row as actor Robert Downey Jr 'blacks up' for new film

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=528496&in_page_id=1773 ^ | 17:38pm on 7th March 2008

[yldstrk]

Ignore it. It’s total bull.

[cripplecreek]

He does look black in that photo.

Funny I don’t recall a lot of outrage when Eddie Murphy played Asian, Jewish, or Caucasian characters.

[BenLurkin]

Ben Stiller as a movie “tough guy” is your first clue....

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I thought actors were rewarded for “stepping out of character?” I mean, look what Jim Carrey did in Me, Myself and Irene and Cable Guy?

[Rastus]

Leave Tony Stark alone!

[Texas Eagle]

[ARE SOLE]

Ben Stiller as a movie “tough guy” is your first clue....

That's what I was thinking. Rambo Stiller.

[sionnsar]

Actor Robert Downey Jr is virtually unrecognisble

unrecognisble? Is that some pretentious faux-latin term or just a missssssspelling?

Whatever, I don't recognize any names here so they can do what they and I will feel free to ignore their work product.

Yawn.

[driftdiver]

Black, Downey and Stiller. Yep this is a winner of a movie. But who cares about the makeup. It looks to be a pretty good job. Probably far better than the acting.

[icwhatudo]

Eddie Murphy plays whitey on SNL

[digger48]

That actually a fantastic make-up job.

Looks quite normal. Why in the world would anyone be offended by that?

It’s not like they used stereotypical exaggerations.

[texas booster]

For those that don't know who he is (like me) I present:



On June 23, 1996, Robert Downey, Jr. was arrested for driving drunk and being in possession of Mexican Black Tar heroin, crack, cocaine and an unloaded .357 Magnum revolver.

Downey was arrested again in a Palm Springs, California hotel for cocaine and Valium possession and being under the influence of a controlled substance on November 25, 2000.

On April 24, 2001, he was arrested in Los Angeles for being under the influence of a controlled substance after he was found wandering in an alley. He was not charged.

The charges from the November 2000 arrest were dismissed in July 2002 due to California's Prop. 36. The judge had determined that Downey had been drug free for 14 months.

Downey has not had any more public incidents since that time.

[Ezekiel]

Ben Stiller as a movie “tough guy” is your first clue....

The whole scene looks fake too. Looks like they filmed it along the highway, just down the street from the Kukui Grove mall in Kauai. After they were done for the day heck they could just dart across traffic and head for the Starbucks.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Why are three old guys wandering around with guns? Why is the guy with the shotgun not on point? Why am I going to make it a point to miss this movie?

[GOPologist]

What about Michael Jackson who plays a white guy everyday. Don’t hear many criticisms of him.

[monkeyshine]

With Jack Black watching their back.

[Levante]

Yeah, that’s a real tactical formation there (not). Notice Downey is carrying two weapons, more Hollywood BS.