The universe is talking to us right now ... in the form of a very direct tweet from Ben Stiller, who won't be apologizing for one of his most infamous movies.
The writer-director said this week that he doesn't regret his 2008 satire "Tropic Thunder," the controversial action-comedy about a hapless band of actors who try to shoot a movie in a war zone and end up fighting in the melee. The film famously saw Robert Downey Jr. don blackface to play a quirky Australian Method actor seeking awards acclaim and who has a "pigmentation alteration" procedure to play his part as a Black soldier in the movie within the movie. ("I am playing a role within a role within a role so I know who I am," Downey's Kirk Lazarus explains.)
"Zoolander" and "Meet the Parents" star Stiller made his latest remarks in response to a tweet from a fan who asked him to stop apologizing for the blockbuster Hollywood spoof.
