Just Say No Tom - Cruise Eyed for 'A Star is Born'
Sun, March 11, 2012 
For a guy who has now completed his movie star comeback (M:I - Ghost Protocol is ready to cross the $700 million mark worldwide), Tom Cruise is in a prime position for his career going forward. He's got Rock of Ages coming out this summer which is almost a guaranteed $100 million hit, One Shot coming out early next year (which from all accounts will be a great film), and he just started shooting the sci-fi epic, Oblivion, which is set to hit next summer.
That is why it is beyond me he would even consider to headline Clint Eastwood's remake of A Star is Born which is being put together over at Warner Bros. right now. No, it's not the fact that Eastwood will be behind the camera (that man is an American legend). It's the fact that a certain publicity whoring musician/wannabe actress named Beyonce is attached to star as well.
As you may recall, Leonardo DiCaprio was originally set to play the part Cruise is being courted for which is of an over-the-hill musician who falls for a young starlet (Beyonce) he's trying to help make a star. However, DiCaprio probably realized Beyonce can't act for shit and dropped out of the project before he got in too deep.
Look, I get it that Eastwood is behind the film and any actor would kill to work with the man, but I'm sorry, when you have a celebrity (not an actress) such as Beyonce in the film as well, there is a certain part of both Hollywood and the moviegoing public that will not take your film seriously. I think it has been pretty much established that this woman can not act and that having her in a movie is just that: having Beyonce star in a movie.
I won't go as far as to say this will be Tom Cruise's Bodyguard if he signs on, but I think at the point the actor's career is in right now, he can choose better and more interesting roles to say the least.
We'll see what the actor decides in the coming weeks as the film is expected to start shooting this July.
Source: Variety
Reader Comments (1)
Well I liked The Bodyguard and it was a huge hit but I agree with the general point, this would be a bad choice for him.