Ben Stiller

I had been working on it with Justin Theroux. And Etan Cohen came on later, and we finally had this script, and I had talked to Tom about it. Originally, I wanted Tom to play my part. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. But I was like a little bit, I was like too, really too nervous to ask him to do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I had been working on it with Justin Theroux. And Etan Cohen came on later, and we finally had this script, and I had talked to Tom about it. Originally, I wanted Tom to play my part. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. But I was like a little bit, I was like too, really too nervous to ask him to do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I had been working on it with Justin Theroux. And Etan Cohen came on later, and we finally had this script, and I had talked to Tom about it. Originally, I wanted Tom to play my part. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. But I was like a little bit, I was like too, really too nervous to ask him to do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sure, yeah, yeah. He has other stuff to do. Yeah. And we were friendly and hanging out. He was so nice and just the greatest guy. But I didn't want to bother him really with this. But eventually I sent him the script and he was like, this is great. I'd love to be a part of this. And I was like, well, maybe you could play, there's like an agent role.

Sure, yeah, yeah. He has other stuff to do. Yeah. And we were friendly and hanging out. He was so nice and just the greatest guy. But I didn't want to bother him really with this. But eventually I sent him the script and he was like, this is great. I'd love to be a part of this. And I was like, well, maybe you could play, there's like an agent role.

Sure, yeah, yeah. He has other stuff to do. Yeah. And we were friendly and hanging out. He was so nice and just the greatest guy. But I didn't want to bother him really with this. But eventually I sent him the script and he was like, this is great. I'd love to be a part of this. And I was like, well, maybe you could play, there's like an agent role.

He's like, well, no, I played an agent before, Jerry Maguire. He said, but it was his idea, this character. He said, you don't have a studio exec in the movie. Perfect.

He's like, well, no, I played an agent before, Jerry Maguire. He said, but it was his idea, this character. He said, you don't have a studio exec in the movie. Perfect.

He's like, well, no, I played an agent before, Jerry Maguire. He said, but it was his idea, this character. He said, you don't have a studio exec in the movie. Perfect.

So this was like three months or maybe like two and a half months before we started shooting. And Justin and I were like, well, Tom is, you know, would like to be in the movie. And he had this idea of playing a studio exec. And so we went back and came up with Les Grossman and it changed the whole plot of the movie, but made it so much better. I think he has an amazing instinct about movies.

So this was like three months or maybe like two and a half months before we started shooting. And Justin and I were like, well, Tom is, you know, would like to be in the movie. And he had this idea of playing a studio exec. And so we went back and came up with Les Grossman and it changed the whole plot of the movie, but made it so much better. I think he has an amazing instinct about movies.

So this was like three months or maybe like two and a half months before we started shooting. And Justin and I were like, well, Tom is, you know, would like to be in the movie. And he had this idea of playing a studio exec. And so we went back and came up with Les Grossman and it changed the whole plot of the movie, but made it so much better. I think he has an amazing instinct about movies.

He's so smart. It's crazy how he's a student of movies and he had this feeling like you need this element to the story. There's no element of what was happening back in the States the whole time in the Tropic Thunder story. We came up with this and Justin wrote a bunch of those monologues where he just goes off.

He's so smart. It's crazy how he's a student of movies and he had this feeling like you need this element to the story. There's no element of what was happening back in the States the whole time in the Tropic Thunder story. We came up with this and Justin wrote a bunch of those monologues where he just goes off.

He's so smart. It's crazy how he's a student of movies and he had this feeling like you need this element to the story. There's no element of what was happening back in the States the whole time in the Tropic Thunder story. We came up with this and Justin wrote a bunch of those monologues where he just goes off.

So there's all this. The 2001 kind of reference.

So there's all this. The 2001 kind of reference.

So there's all this. The 2001 kind of reference.

But I have to tell you something, because I was actually, for another project I'm working on, this documentary, I was looking through some of this old behind-the-scenes footage from Zoolander that I have. And I found an old, this was literally last week, I found an old cut of the gasoline fight. And I had forgotten that originally... You know, they like he lights the cigarette.

But I have to tell you something, because I was actually, for another project I'm working on, this documentary, I was looking through some of this old behind-the-scenes footage from Zoolander that I have. And I found an old, this was literally last week, I found an old cut of the gasoline fight. And I had forgotten that originally... You know, they like he lights the cigarette.