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STILLER TRIES TO COPY ROBERT DOWNEY JR.07/21/2008 The two actors star together in "Tropic Thunder" and Ben was totally overwhelmed by the "Iron Man" actor's abilities. He told Playboy magazine: "I started trying to copy him. It was like, 'Wow, this guy's a genius - maybe if I do what he does, I'll be a genius too!'" "If he had spun around and thrown oat bran at the moon, I'd have run out, bought some oat bran and started spinning. I want to look like I'm as big a genius as he is." Ben - who directs "Tropic Thunder" - also spoke out about his close friend Owen Wilson's suicide attempt last August, saying: "It's impossible to understand that kind of pain – depression or anything like that – until you're in it. I love Owen. I felt bad that he had to deal with all the outside bulls**t." Owen's troubled personal life caused him to pull out of "Tropic Thunder." 2 |