Monday, August 18, 2008

‘Tropic Thunder’ Writer Justin Theroux on ‘Simple Jack,’ ‘Iron Man 2,’ and Stupid Actors

Over the past decade, actor Justin Theroux has long been a quiet player on the indie film scene, adding his slightly whiny charm to movies like The Baxter, Broken English, and Mulholland Drive. Lately, though, he's been even more accomplished behind the scenes, directing last year's Dedication starring Billy Crudup, being asked to write the upcoming sequel to Iron Man (!), and collaborating on the script for this week's Tropic Thunder with Ben Stiller and Etan Cohen. The other day, Theroux spoke to Vulture about war movies, the Simple Jack controversy, and why Iron Man 2 won't be anything like The Dark Knight.

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