One of Robert Downey Jr.’s most bizarre roles just got weirder: “Talked to himself”

Even though Robert Downey Jr. is best known today for his role as Tony Stark aka Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), many fans also associate him with one of his most insane performances in Tropic Thunder. Ben Stiller’s twisted Hollywood parody transformed Downey Jr. into a pretentious Australian acting star who… entire film in blackface denies.

Now the Marvel actor’s co-star has shared new details from the Tropic Thunder set that just sound weird.

Robert Downey Jr. is said to have even gone to the bathroom while filming Tropic Thunder

According to Variety, actor Danny McBride talked about his most iconic roles in a new GQ video. This also includes Tropic Thunder, through which the star revealed new details regarding Robert Downey Jr. He should so much merged with his character of the obnoxious method actor It may be that he stayed in character even during bathroom breaks:

I guess during one of the recordings they had left Downey’s microphone on, and so I’m sitting up there thinking, ‘Oh shit, I can hear what he’s saying.’ He talked to people and was in character the whole time. And then I even saw him walking back to his trailer and saw it from down there and he was talking to himself [und sagte]: ‘I will dry up the snake.’ He came up with a song about how he pleasures himself for the benefit of no one but his own.

You can watch the full video with Danny McBride here:

Robert Downey Jr. himself refuted blackface accusations against war film parodies

Robert Downey Jr. also received criticism for his role as Kirk Lazarus. Since he is a white actor who appears in Stiller’s film with darkly painted skin throughout, accusations of blackfacing arose.

The star himself clearly refuted the criticism by saying, among other things, according to The Independent, that Tropic Thunder was exactly that parody clichéd or stereotypical Hollywood trends à la blackfacing would.

Tropic Thunder is not currently streaming anywhere on the Flat. You can rent or buy the film digitally from Amazon Prime, for example.