Robert Downey Jr. to Play Black Man in Satire

filmschoolrejects.com — In the film, which takes aim at the egos of big Hollywood actors (like the three pictured), Downey plays Kirk Lazarus, an Oscar caliber actor who ends up with a part that was originally written for a black man. Instead of recasting, Lazarus decides to dye his skin to play the character of Osiris, well, authentically. Mar 5, 2008 View in Crawl 4