From the ArcaMax Publishing, Entertainment News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/entertainmenttoday/s-382049-909017
LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Robert Downey Jr. is earning praise for his
portrayal of a white actor who plays an African-American character in
the movie within a movie in "Tropic Thunder."
"To be honest, he played a black dude better than anybody I've seen,"
Downey's African-American "Tropic Thunder" co-star Brandon T. Jackson
told People.com. "When I first read the script, I was like: What?
Black face? But when I saw (Downey act) he, like, became a black man."
Directed by Ben Stiller and co-starring Jack Black, the big-screen
comedy features Downey as an Oscar-winning actor who takes on a role
in the most expensive Vietnam war movie in cinematic history, then
dyes his skin when he hears his character was originally written as an
African-American.
"It was just good acting," Jackson told People.com. "It was weird on
the set because he would keep going with the character. He's a Method
actor."
Downey also starred in the recent blockbuster "Iron Man."