The star of "Tropic Thunder" is nominated for his first Oscar in 16 years.
In junket interviews for the film, Stiller said that screening audiences definitely found "Tropic Thunder" funny.
The scene in question comes from the action movie spoof Tropic Thunder and involves the character played by Steve Coogan losing his head.
His summer was capped off by his Oscar-nominated work in Tropic Thunder playing a white actor playing a black actor in a war movie.
"Tropic Thunder, " which already has received praise from Newsweek's David Ansen and The Hollywood Reporter's Kirk Honeycutt, has also earned its share of knocks.
But, he said, "Tropic Thunder" is a long way from the days when white performers would don blackface as a way of exploiting black stereotypes.
Cruise made a similar move in the 2008 movie Tropic Thunder.
Advocacy groups have urged a boycott of "Tropic Thunder" because of the repeated use of the word "retard, " when Mr. Downey's character gives Tugg an acting tutorial.
He co-wrote "Tropic Thunder" based on an idea he had in 1987, when many of his friends were making war movies, he recalls in the film's production notes.
"Tropic Thunder, " which was co-written and directed by Mr. Stiller, is like a dinner whose hors d'oeuvres are far more satisfying and well-composed than the slightly warmed-over main course.
In "Tropic Thunder, " a comedy about self-absorbed Hollywood types making a "Platoon"-style war movie, Downey plays Australian actor Kirk Lazarus, a multiple Oscar-winning performer who gets so involved in his roles that he forgets to come out of them.
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