EW's Best Photo Outtakes of the Year

BEN STILLER, ROBERT DOWNEY JR., JACK BLACK
June 1, 2008 · Los Angeles
Photograph by Jake Chessum
The only thing harder than getting an A-lister to let loose at a photo shoot? Getting three of them to do it — at the same time. ''I didn't know to what extent they’d go for it,'' recalls Chessum, who conceptualized the first part of this Tropic Thunder cover shoot as a no-holds-barred brawl between the actors, complete with fake blood and black eyes. ''Then Jack Black walked in. I said, 'Jack, are you ready for this? Have you got any energy?' And he screamed, School of Rock-style, 'I got energy for daaaaays!' So at that point, I relaxed.''