Tropic Thunder, the autobiography of hook-handed Vietnam veteran Staff Sergeant John “Four Leaf” Tayback, is currently being adapted into a motion picture. Except for newcomer supporting actor Kevin Sandusky, the cast causes problems for the inexperienced director Damien Cockburn, who is unable to control them and as a result, a million-dollar pyrotechnics scene is thrown away.
The cast includes fading action hero Tugg Speedman, overbearing five-time Academy Award-winning Australian method actor Kirk Lazarus, loudmouthed rapper Alpa Chino, and drug-addicted comedian Jeff