Despite all of the wild antics and overall “Jack Assiness” that Tom Cruise has got himself involved with, the fact remains that the guy is a solid actor plain and simple (I still think he should have not only been nominated for… but WON best actor last year for his role in Colateral). Well new the word flying around is that Tom could be getting himself suited up as Iron Man.
The good folks over at Cinema Blend give us this:
Tom may be signing up to play the title role in Jon Favreau’s Iron Man. The interesting thing here is that Cruise has long been rumored to be interested in the role, and back in 2004 before Favreau came on board Tom was thought to be a lock for the part. Iron Man never really got going and Cruise’s name fell off the project. But it seems now that Favreau is pushing the thing forward, Cruise is interested again. This of course flies in the face of Favreau’s claim that he wants an unknown for the role, but then he’s not exactly Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg and is still subject to studio pressure for big name stars.
Personally… I would much rather see a unknown actor in the role… but if it HAS to be a big star name, then perhaps Cruise would be a good choice. The man can certainly act, he has the talent, and the look is pretty close too.
But would it be a good business move? Not sure. If Cruise can start keeping his stupid moronic mouth shut, I think the North American movie going audience is pretty quick to “forgive and forget”, and deep down WANT to love Tom Cruise again. But man… if he keeps going the way he is… then that becomes a totally different story. Then perhaps the wisdom of casting Cruise from a business point of view can become suspect. We’ll see.
