The popular stage rock opera looks to be making the leap to the big screen and its lead male role may just go to Tom Cruise while another role has been offered to Gwyneth Paltrow.
“It sounds cool,” Paltrow told EW on the red carpet at the Country Strong premiere. “I just got the script and I will read it on the plane home tomorrow. But it sounds like it could be fun.”
As for Cruise, producer Jenno Topping told EW, “It’s real, although it is not cemented.”
Gwyneth Paltrow has been doing a lot of singing lately. With an appearance on Glee and Country Strong her co-star and real country singer Tim McGraw even suggested that she open for his next tour.
And if anyone has seen Top Gun we know Cruise is fearless about singing, and Risky Business proved he is fearless about dancing.
The stage musical is about a late 80s bus boy who has dreams of becoming a rock star, and he falls for a girl who encourages him to go after his dreams. Adding Cruise as a 48 year old bus boy, it makes the crushed dream that much more impacting.
