A group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Ben Stiller is best known as a comedy actor, with credits including There's Something About Mary (1998), Meet The Parents (2000), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Starsky & Hutch and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (both 2004). As a director he has made Reality Bites (1994), The Cable Guy (1996) and Zoolander (2001).