I cannot disagree with you more about Tom Hanks...
Like John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Clint Eastwood, Cary Grant, Robert
Taylor and many others I think that Hanks' career will continue to
offer us many surprises and very many wonderful starring roles. He is
a top actor with a great range and like the actors I mention above
who once had a boyish look and became fairly gruff looking - but
their popularity with both sexes never deteriorated even when they
made stinkers because they made so many great films that showcased
their ability
Cruise on the other hand suffers from something none of the others
did.... he has allowed himself to lose control and he has become to
believe his own ego is greater than all others and while that could
work for an actor like Marlon Brando, Cruise may have just alienated
many with his diatribe criticizing post partem depression and
medications and also his recent behind the scenes censoring of South
Park. Then you add that foolishness of him jumping on Oprah's couch
which made him look .. well... wimpish! No doubt the repercussions he
was seeing from the media made him back off the huge promotional
tours he made when getting War of the Worlds to the theatres was not
apparent for Mi3. Maybe his wimpishness made the audience think twice
about him in an action role.
I have no doubt that Paramount made a business decision based on
dollars and I have no doubt that they also are now thinking twice
about Cruise as an action hero. As such, with action being the most
successful genre in the theatres today, maybe Paramount doesn't see
him as having the value to their company that he did before & they
wish to cut & run prior to having their own money involved in a
downturn in his career. I also believe that what they call his
"antics" is a factor, but not as much as financial of course.
Tom will have to redirect his career possibly. maybe he needs to do a
western - a genre he has not attempted I don't think - and start
working himself into an older & soon to be grizzled looking actor ...
Richy========================
At 11:38 PM 8/22/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Truth be told...
It's more like Paramount don't want to pay the big bucks...lets face
it Cruise opens films, all his films are successful.
However could it be age?
Cruise is now not getting any younger, is Paramount looking at the
writing on the wall, Cruise tied into a huge contract but perhaps
his star quality is waning to character acting. Certainly that is
what appears to be happening with Tom Hanks.
Both actors are openers, but not opening BIG anymore.
Or am I just being a cynic
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