Tom Cruise in the Tropic Thunder 

The only role of him I liked.

Fuck yea

He is easily one of the best parts about this movie.

So much better than his serious character's

Naw, I think that award goes to him in Minority Report, but this one comes close.

Same. And also “I’ve never even heard of your little agency”

👏👏👏👏👏

Seen you at 666 likes 🤣

Typical Secretaries and Executives Brown Nosing the CEO.

i like the part where he tells flaming dragon to "take a step back" followed by "and fuck your own face". Flaming Dragon takes a little step back away from the phone.

According to the DVD commentary, that line was improvised by Cruise.

So classic. They clap like he's a hero 😂

Technically they're drug dealers.

Hahahaha

My favorite bit, just is all stoic and patriotic after screaming insane shit for a minute straight. Edit: Wait, then calmly asking them if they can figure out who that was. Just screaming that at a total stranger 😂 I love every detail of his character.

Let's face it, no one is dressing up as scorcher for porm 😂

It's literally Blazing Saddles for a new age.

@@A_Stereotypical_Guy Purim. Jewish Halloween (sorta).

@@vladimirhorowitz 👈 what he said

the little nod to the side makes the line so much funnier

Even his face impressions are epicly given, especially while les Grossman is talking on the phone.

Alright, alright, alright!

The way he shifts his stance and says, “a G5…airplane?” really exemplifies the movie’s sensibilities.

I want to know how many takes this took. No way I'd be able to not burst out laughing if I was Matthew

@@davidusa47 That's literally the best moment in the movie. That was the best comedic moment, that shift and him asking again the specifics with a perfect delivery, kind of driving home the point that he is already agreeing, while until that moment it seemed like he was strongly not onboard. But they sort of invite him on board, on board of a G5.

is there anything hes not good at?

@Donald Trump In a thousand years ppl (if any are left) will look back on our beliefs with similar disdain: they really thought these pictures of dead presidents had value, lol. how dumb do you have to be to waste your precious time on art and entertainment. insane that they thought some lines drawn on a map were enough justification to kill each other by the millions.

If you want to see more comedy from Tom Cruise check out The Color of Money, Risky Business, The Outsiders, Jerry Maguire, Top Gun, Edge of Tomorrow. He does a very funny monologue in Magnolia as well.

And more vilains

... player... lol

It's also so very wrong because white dwarfs are actually remnants of stars that did not have enough mass to collapse into a black hole or a neutron star. All of this makes Grossman even more of a silly character and I love it.

'Towards' a black hole

It's so chillingly well-delivered, because it's also a fairly accurate description of Tom Cruise himself, and what will happen to himself and all of Hollywood if/when he finally implodes.

@@Ant4gon1st Les Grossman was not a scientist. When people speak analogies, they tend to mix up things in real life too

​@@Ant4gon1stWell, is it possible that white dwarf find itself orbiting a black hole and over time being ripped by it and swallowed?

Lol... It totally does...

How did I not notice this 😂

And the low lighting on crusies face. Accentuating that gotee like "woo make me wet"

It is CIA/Mossad. What they are showing is a direct reflection of what most of Hollywood really is -- A Conglomeration of Super Corporations of Propaganda, Control, and tons of Money.

@CaptGeech ?

I know its absolutely brilliant that 🤣🤣🤣

@@joebloggs3551 basically American politics

No. The terrorists are the heroes. Happy dumbass?

​@@joshvir262 lmao yup

On this day the term "keyboard warrior" could have been born. And I am afraid I am not sure this presentation of an mega media company executive is really exaggerated.

It is a bit underrated

Ikr It's insane!

This movie and Anchorman are two of the best comedies imo.

And they say ben stiller is a bad actor, director and writer...

Aphotic Pyre i love movies that just put tons of people in it. 40 year old virgin, anchorman, the other guys. Just hilarious.

@@BlackDiamond2718 Step Brothers was good too oh my god

Reflects reality in the growth in popularity of "Thoughts and prayers..." (T.A.P. in my shorthand), which seems to be an almost form-letter response that companies, politicians, talking heads, etc. use for every tragedy.

and eventually....waaaaay on down the track.........we'll file an insurance claim.

Just the moment of silence as Peck realises they don’t care

@@nedwump9187 actually the claim alone would give us more than what we would lose... :]

@@RodCornholio only blood is bad

Andrew hope you are well!

no way it's you haha Hope everything's good, bro!

​@RuthwikRao Stop being a simp. Have some self-respect.

That was clearly a reference to Harvey Weistern

"goodie"

sometimes, that is an actual job description.

He sounds ADRed, is that really his voice?

@ 5:28 "swing it past yo knees"

Welcome to the goody room 😆

Tom Cruise, Bill Hader and Matthew McConaughey, the greatest trio in this movie imo

Right?

It's a complete package. The pissed concerned dude, the Douche, and the wingman

Bill Hader can go

Three legends in a scene

one of the greatest scenes ever , 3 real life big dicks

My favorite part

Huh? The lighting doesn’t change. At all.

He said he wanted to play a jewish guy with big hands, basically made the character of Les

light saberAddict that was from Conan

Haha Weinstein-esque maybe?

Julian Nailuj he actually has said he modeled grossman after Weinstein lol

Actually, he was asked to read the script by Ben Stiller just to see if he would approve it. After reading it, he offered to play the role of Les G and wanted Fat Hands as part of it. He was never offered the role but more or less took it and Ben Stiller is forever grateful for the revenue it o pulled in because of that volunteering action

Awful idea. Thefight would be over in 5 seconds. Not even Galactus could hold on for 10.

@@december12twok12 😂

Captain America be like : LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE!!!!!

@@december12twok12 Captain America be like : LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE!!!!!

😃😃😃😃😃

😂

there were probably a *lot* of takes, and by around take 27 it just didnt seem so funny anymore

"FLAMING DRAGON"

@@Yabushiga *WE ARE FWAMING DWAGON*

​@@amjh4lah809 how many dolla did they want again?

@@LisaAnn777 PWICE NOW WON HUNDWED MIWWION

same its comedy gold

Then still Grossman says “find out who that was” lololol

Oh okay, Flaming Dragon. Fuckface.

Was looking for this comment right after watching that part 🤣

They heard it wrong, he say FRAMING Dragon, they are home builders and carpenders.

Oh man, that was good 🤣🤣🤣

And these legendary actors are truly legendary and nobody was wasted in the movie, I love itt

I didn't know it was him until the movie was over.😃🤣

Directed by Ben Stiller himself.

RDJ Tom Cruise MATTHEW McConaughey Ben Stiller

@@kunalganotra7759 jack black

And they both learned that from President Bush.

Eric Andre sucks a s s

@@benjaminfranklin4149 no u

@@Dunkdamonk You clearly suck Eric Andre's

Damn, it really is 😂😂😂😂😂

Mines "now take a step back and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!"

Yeah

@@jamesprice2163 🤣

Follow by the hand clap

@@jamesprice2163 ah, yes, I too loved the moment where he said “fuck you are own face”…

But apparently he didn't, if you pay attention we never see Matthew's face and Tom Cruise on the same cut together.

@@alessandroromano5262 True. Would love to see THAT gag reel 😆

@@MichaelHolmgaard I bet the bloopers for this scene were as funny as the scene itself

I wonder how many takes it took to keep from laughing.

I don't think he had as much do with the conception as Stiller and theroux

5:10 The way he just sat there, reconsidering every decision he ever made from the moment of his first conscious thought up until that point, makes me think that he caught a glimpse into the Abyss that is Tom Cruise's genius.

@@blairbrown4812 😂. You don't need to go do deep. Relax. It's just a movie and a comedy movie at that.

Yes!!! Because of his comedy aspect. He is really funny and not trying to be funny.

He played his part, but the entire cast killed it.

I'd say everyone did

Sr!! 554 likes and not a single dislike?? Here’s the 555

Pretty lousy movie. Cruise is its only redeeming quality.

I like that line and ….”will you find out who that was”

"And then, and I'm talking way down the line, we file an insurance claim." "Preferably *before* the end of the fiscal year."

@@mcnamaraky for lots and LOTSSSSS of Moneeeeyyyyy. Playa....

@@SuperChuckRaney "Big dick baby!" *"SWINGIN PAST YA KNEES!!!"*

Looks at his assistant like 👀

With Bill Hader and Matthew McConaughey reprising their roles, it would be incredible. A Les Grossman solo movie starring Tom, Bill and Matthew

Well well...have you read that Deadline article?

He's actually getting one now!

That was supposed to happen way before the 2nd Top Gun but I don't think it's coming now

Les Grossman is like a GTA character, same next to Andrew Tate 😅

It’s a good thing he specified G 5 airplane cause he could have ended up with a G5 Kirby Vacuum cleaner lol

*applause

Rick Peck said "No", not Les.

The point of their terrorism is to provoke an overreaction. And yeah; the West overreacted. 🤣 Now there is more death and violence and terror than ever.

Someone forgot to tell Trump that

Huge profit margin! 😂

i have an officemate where when we were eating in the pantry monday morning discussing tropic thunder, its when they realized when we pointed out it was tom cruise. i think she left early into the credits also

How the fuck did not anyone notice... CRAZYYYY. I noticed immediately just now and I haven't even watched the film.

@@pureChem1calz Because that's literally what's written in the title? What's important to understand that this is a long movie, this scene is in the middle of it, and before that this character is only seen one for like a minute of screen time on a screen. If you would watch that at the time of release and had no knowledge of Tom Cruise being in it, which nobody at the time did, because he wasn't in the title, you probably would miss it, just like most people did. He felt weird, you might have suspected something, but a lot of people missed it. Especially because at the time Tom Cruise never associated with that level of comedy and had a certain reputation and image.

That's funny. I recognized toms voice immediately

I had no clue.

He sure did

It works fat hands and hairy crazy bald man and the name it all works!

That’s nine

🤩🤣🤣🤣 is all I got

@@StoicthoughtsbyMatt no it's 8

it depends if was one off, kind of thing, or if he is an idea man.

Look at a pic of Harvey Weinstein. That’s les.

Not really a cameo, his role is too big to be a cameo. He's more like a secondary character.

MrKockNoker yeah lmao, he got nominated for a golden globe for his performance

callmecatalyst He said he came up with it in a interview. His own idea.

I heard Cruise was making fun of Sumner Redstone.

Literally biggest laugh in the whole movie for me.. In a movie where you have to constantly rewind to watch laughs you missed while you were laughing lol

My favourite. He has no idea who he's threatening and he doesn't care

THIS IS FLAMING! DRAGON!

Biggest laugh for me too, easily

Always cracks me up.

Man they were amazing The assistant really made it

This movie won't work now, it's 2020 the generation of pussies,

@@morningstarlink cause less grossman was based off harvey weinstien.

He makes a movie about himself while in a movie about himself.

I'd watch the sh!t out of that movie.

And “way way down the road…. we file an insurance claim” 💀

@@Delaney-and-the-Starlight I couldn’t stop laughing 🤣 🤣

Fred Yngvar Olsen definitely the way that happened. 😅

iLLUZiON Zenzile in fact Tom said so

Specifically to "Apple Bottom Jeans"

He told ben Stiller that when he was auditioning for the part.

@@jamespayne8401 this was before auditioning. ben simply asked if he wanted to be in the movie and tom was like only if he has big hands and can dance. this role was strictly made for and by tom.

true

Should have* (Or Should've)

He didn't though, they had to film it separately to keep him from laughing during the take.

@@cleverpsyche115 how do you know?

Matt fucking bill should have won an Oscar 😂

I couldn't care less for Ben Stiller and his movies, but he struck gold with this one.

​@@tomaszwota1465well I'm pretty sure he was the driving creative force for this movie except for tom cruise who specifically wanted fat hands and to dance

Because this cast wasn't the A-list cast that it is now. Iron Man came out the same year as Tropic Thunder and this was when RDJ was out of prison/rehab and struggling to find solid projects. Kung-Fu Panda also came out the same year, and Jack Black was basically only known for House of Rock. This was before Interstellar, so Matthew McConaughey was really only known for Sahara and other smaller films like Contact. Bill Hader was only known to people familiar with SNL, but even then, this was before his (arguably) most popular sketch, The Californians. With exception to Tom Cruise, Ben Stiller was probably the most famous actor at the time of this movie's release. Basically Ben was really good at networking and just happened to get a bunch of talented actors together before they achieved massive success with other franchises and movies.

@@TheAluvisify Tom's screentime is less than 10 mins but, he's the highest paid in that movie

@@TheAluvisifywasn’t like majority of cast like friends and acquaintances of Stiller anyway? I’m honestly surprised there was no Owen Wilson in there)

during this time he was actually underqualified, he was known for romantic comedies

xFoxySupreme true lol

bmstr over 10 years later and he’s now arguably the most talented person in the entire cast

Interstellar was probably the first time I took him seriously as an actor, that film alone made him In the top 5 actors ever existed

@@lewissmith8858 dude... True detective was amazing!

can you please explain what is so iconic about this quote?everyone seems to be talking about it and i genuinely cant understand it lol

@@aaravjohri5166 prob cos its funny and such a different role than what we mostly have seen from Tom cruise like Mission Impossible and a few other movies

@@aaravjohri5166 the line is referring to an age-old stigma, used by governments whenever dealing with acts of terror “we don’t negotiate with terrorists.” But in this context what Les Grossman is saying is, “we don’t negotiate with terrorists, because we want to make a lot of money because your friend will die.” Essentially turning the phrase on its head

@@aaravjohri5166 It's because it's pure pompous political BS. Govt's have ALWAYS negotiated with terrorists! Especially when it involves potential re-election campaigns or making business deals under the table lol

So good

The actor who called Tom did a hilarious job

“Smack it up, flip it and rub it down!”🤣🤣🤣

Actually not even that funny his tone and lines are overrated and lame

​@@Urxas234 Enjoy your frequent flyer bitch miles

Ikr.. This movie is full of stars

@@januarozzz it's the opposite of Movie 43.

Ben is a legend

The role or Peck was first offered to Tom Cruise, who later suggested playing a studio head instead. Then, Owen Wilson was cast to play Peck, but he dropped out following a suicide attempt. Matthew McConaughey was then cast as Peck at the last minute, after filming had already began.

This is the best comedy movie of the decade...

Swinging past your kneeeees!

Welcome to the goodie room!

Smack it up, flip it, throw it down. Hooooooooooooo!

I love Bill, but he totally hammed it up here. He played it like an SNL skit. He’s a much better actor now

@@GoodGolly.MissLolly I think that's the point.

No shit! I genuinely didn't know it was him until my friends told me

He was actually the one who came up with the props.. They wanted him to dress and act normal, but he convinced the director to make his hands look bigger. He also convinced them that his character should dance.

He always plays the shit out of everything. In Rock of Ages he stole every scene.

@@hypercrack7440 same! I had no idea until I saw him talking about it on TV one time 😂

I felt like an idiot not recognizing him watching this in theaters. I was like, who the fuck is magnificent bastard?

Just hold your fuckin horses....

I guess if spongebob and anime is all you know this would seem like the best thing in the world.

@@godvandamme9921 eeehh?!

Dude MM made the scene so much funnier by selling grossman as believable character

i'm so used to seeing tom cruise play a character straight, a character that's likeable. we all know they go out of their way to make tom cruise look taller in the mission impossible movies so to see him play up this character that is just so fucking unlikeable is a breath of fresh air.

Fckin talented dude that visceral twitch in response to the visceral remark. Tom cruise dialogue here is my favorite part of the movie

He's like "go get 'em les" 😂

I mean cruise I get he’s in heavy make up and costume and everything but how tf did you not notice it was Jennifer Anniston. Colin Ferrell maybe he had the same sort of gross makeup like cruise in this movie but it was literally just Jennifer Aniston in the horrible bosses.

They can't afford him lol.

workinghoustonian Even Colin Farrel did a great job in horrible boses 1 which was a similar role. I totally agree. top actors should take more multilayered complex characters and less comercial stuff.

True cruise is 25 million base

He was quite funny in Knight and Day

Tom Cruise was actually approached to play the lead, but he was too busy during the early production so the main lead role went to the director Ben Stiller. Tom did read the script however and suggested they add the character of Les Grossman to add more tension to the film. Later on, Cruise was able to free some time up on his schedule and at that point, the only character who wasnt cast was Les Grossman. So Cruise happily took the role.

Xenu has blessed him

Denzel

RDJ: Am I a joke to you?

He is a great actor.

@@carmenate70 RDJ's career literally plummetted and then shot up. Tom Cruise has been at the top ever since he started

How do so many people lack the ability to comprehend multiple takes?

​@@StierenklootI came here to say just this. Seriously many people on you tube with just one brain cell

Call Me Gaffer POTUS lesson 101, nailed it :)

Call Me Gaffer I like how he's talking to flaming dragon tells them to fuck there own face hands up and then asks you find out who they are lol

David V What about meeting with Kim Jong Un?

Even better that the line was improvised by Cruise during one of the takes for the scene. He killed it in this movie.

I quote that line alot.

WELCOME to da Goodie ROOM!!

Omg I missed that, heard it as a baseball analogy and being able to hit a too-low pitch! 🤘😂🍆⚾

smack it up, flip it, rub it down..hoooo!!!🤣🤣🤣

With lots of money 💰 PLAYA

It was Cruise's idea to create and play Les Grossman, he was originally going to play Rick Peck.

Nathaniel Hamilton they gave him a G5 and lots of money, playa

ahhh damn you beat me to it bro hahaha

Went to the goodie room playa, plaaaaya

Nathaniel Hamilton Here's half the budget. We need you for 2 hours.

The Monopoly Guy The delivery of that “what” is possibly the most flawless delivery of one word ever

For some reason I never remember that joke so it kills me whenever I watch it again

In the german version he said „what do you need les, bigger glasses?“

@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 fuck yeah. Gets me every time

Peck felt strong after that insult. 😂

Exactly

Tom saying player lol

That’s some John Wayne Gacy patter

Swing it past ya kneeeees!

I’ve seen the scene over 100 times the past 20 years it still makes me laugh out loud

thought it was less.thst works 2 hah

Their gonna kill him ... Everyone just stares

Dude. I just fucking realized that. This movies fucking comedy gold

He said glasses bc he didn’t see the tivo clause in the contract

@@mikepifer9585 yeah but the jokes in the fact that he has glasses already. I mean yeah you're right but it's part of the joke.

He truly did. It's these small details that make this movie great. Bill Harder barely says or does anything in this movie, but those little moments he gets with Tom Cruise, he just knows how to play off him perfectly and what their character dynamic needs to be. Perfect casting.

Seriously, it is hard to pick just one funniest scene or character in this film. Kirk Lazerous, les grossman, Jeff pointoi, bill headers character, the pyromaniac technician, they’re all funny.

I was just thinking to myself most other guys would’ve overacted and tried to steal the Thunder but he is such a great assist man.

Eh. It was all Cruise.

You spank that ass les

that was my favorite part.. the look on his face was classic

fwaming dragon

Agreed 😆

How do you pause unsilently

@@meganreed8619 when you yell "I'M PAUSING!".

Go watch his movie about music, it's funny as hell.

@@joshdunham7167 what's the title?

His roles in the 80s are mostly comedic in character Cocktail, Rain Man, Risky Business, Top Gun, Color of Money...he's not someone that people take serious

@Ivan Renard magnolia was so good

@Ivan Renard Regardless of his affiliation with Scientology and their many crimes, it's completely fucking undeniable Tom Cruise is the GOAT. Prove me wrong I say.

Its a perfect parody for America govt

hope so

yeah like an evil twin , or a secret clone

reminds me of the whole situation with Paul Walker and F&F movies

Then that would be an impossible mission.

I´d buy that for a dollar!

True its crazy how fast time flies. But Tom Cruise is an A-lister for 40 years and that's impressive.