Joel Anderson

Not because I didn't like the character, but it was like, he's trying really, really hard in this moment.

They also kept him from all promotional materials.

I think they sued a tabloid for taking pictures of him going from his trailer to the set.

But there was a moment there where maybe it's more like after the movie came out where I felt like

He was obviously not a trained comedian because he was overworking the joke a little bit.

And it felt like for a second you could get him to show up as Les Grossman at college game day.

You know what I mean?

It's like Les Grossman was available, it felt like.

The crazy thing is that he doesn't look that much older in Crime 101 that he did in Tropic Thunder.

Like, it's basically like he hit old age and just has been there.

Yeah, you know what?

There was like a weird thing talking about the difference between now and 08.

There was more of a distance, I feel like,

With celebrity then, so like when Downey would get arrested, you'd be like, oh.

And then you'd kind of keep it moving.

But now it would be like, what's the first pod Downey's going to go on after this?

And like people writing these parasocial posts about it.

You would never be able to get away from it.

I'm just going to see Downey and U.S.

Marshals every couple of years.