On Piers Morgans tv show he asked him what his opinion was on Cruise's big success with TG:M and Rouke was very dismissive, he doesn't reckon Cruise saying he's been playing same part for 35 years. Rourke said he's only interested in guys like Pacino, De Niro, Brando, Richard harris etc and guys like them, and that cruise is irrelevant to him
video https://twitter.com/PiersUncensored/status/1546583619011051521
This is what killed Mickey's career the first time round, but nowadays (as much I love Rourke) he no longer has a career to ruin any more (and is solely courting 'column-inches' this time round)
Mickey should concentrate more on bagging decent roles (instead of ragging on others)
Ok, so Mickey Rourke is saying another actor is irrelevant.
shareHe's right.
It's time for Mr. Cruise to star in a comedy.
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He already has starred in comedies. He was in Tropic Thunder (which I have not seen) and Knight and Day (which I have also not seen). Probably others as well. Not having seen any of the comedies starring Tom Cruise, however, I still don't feel he is right for comedy. Sure, he can deliver the odd witty remark (as can anyone), but he just doesn't strike me as having much funny potential.
shareYou Tube Les Grossman.
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shareRisky Business is definitely a comedy.
shareWTF? He sorta looks like Val now in a way. Just the slight angle adjustments and maybe a few tweaks to the face and he looks like the current Val Kilmer with the throat cancer. Go compare and you'll see that I mean.
shareWell he aint wrong. Tom Cruise DOES play the same character in every action movie.
I actually miss Tom Cruise in some other roles then those endless sequels to his action movies. He used to do those.
No, Cruise does not play the same role in every movie. That's a very flippant way to basically bash his box office success. He's made a bunch of similar styled films because they make money, but his filmography quickly shows he's tackled many genres of film, and succeeded.
shareagree. I'm not a huge Tom Cruise fan but I like him well enough and know he has pretty much had a big hit movie practically every year since Top Gun came out. He's played comedies, thrillers, rom-coms, action films, Oscar baits. He's at a point now where he gets to choose what movies he wants to do and if action is what makes him happy, then good for him. Tom has the career Rourke wanted and is bitter about it which is a shame.
shareWell he aint wrong. Tom Cruise DOES play the same character in every action movie.
Well, I disagree with Mickey Rourke. Cruise has acting chops outside of the action hero. Sure, he does a ton of action/sci-fi with a focus on big stunt set pieces (that he performs himself, does Rourke?), but when Cruise is called upon to branch out, he nails it in whatever role he takes.
What does Rourke think of Born on the 4th of July? A Few Good Men? Tropic Thunder? Rock Of Ages (Cruise sang all his vocals), Far and Away?
Actually, Mickey Rourke needs to fuck off back to his little island of irrelevancy. A person who was involved in some of the worst box office disasters ever made. Anyone remember Double Team?
It's a shame that Mickey said that....because he used to be one of the coolest, best actors of all time (IMO). He really was brilliant. And oh how far he has fallen. It's just bad form to criticize other actor's for how they do their art. Why would he do that....except to get attention.
Really bad form....(from one of my favorite actors).
As far as Tom Cruise's acting chops, he's pretty fantastic. Similar to Mel Gibson, TC can tackle ANY genre and just nail it.
It will be a long time before we ever see someone like Cruise again, if ever.
Yeah, I agree with you Ripken. I dig Mickey too, and I’d say that it doesn’t serve him well to rip on Cruise.
I’m not the biggest Cruise fan, but I can’t really knock him either - He does what he does very competently, and have appreciated a lot of movies that he’s appeared in. I generally love the Mission Impossible movies as fantastic action/espionage flicks, but wouldn’t mind seeing him in another role like what he did in Magnolia, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, or Vanilla Sky.
I think Cruise is a versatile actor in the way that Kurt Russell is/was. I think if Mickey was going to bag on another actor, Cruise was a bad choice … that inadvertently doesn’t make himself look good.
You know....I keep forgetting Cruise did Rock of Ages. I LOVED his Stacie Jaxx. He was friggin hysterical.
shareHe's so funny, I love him
He isn't wrong at all. Tom Cruise gave up on serious acting after his short stint of Oscar baiting in the 90s. He is just an Action Star Vehicle guy and absolutely nothing else now
Very few would pay to see a Mickey Rourke film now. Can you say the same about TC ? It's called show business. I don't see Mickey Rourke doing (community) theatre.
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