Iron Man TOM CRUISE still in IRON MAN?

[Spade]

JUST SAY NO ... to Tom Cruise. (I sound like Katie's dad don't I?)

I wouldn't take pride in that. Last time I heard Tom sowed his evil seed in her garden for all the father said otherwise.

But, speaking seriously, Tom Cruise is not the man for the job. He tends to overact and is better suited for films like War of the Worlds than Iron Man. If anything he would come off as his low-toned self-indulgent self even moreso as Tony Stark, which is not what his character needs (even though Civil War is hellbent on making him seem that way). And...geez...could you imagine what he would do to promote the movie?

"Dateline Tonight: Tom Cruise is caught at a bar someplace in Los Angeles getting drunk, or as he phrases it 'getting ready for the role'."

 

[7Hells]

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little...

 

[kpjoon]

Enough with this tom cruise scientology bashing nonsense.
It's seriously getting old.
I think Tom can do a great job playing Tony Stark.
The man can act.

 

[Dr.Dude]

Bleh, you know, the thing is.... in many ways Tom Cruise would be the perfect candidate for Stark. He's a good actor and this role would play right into his strong suits --- at one time he was even my top choice.

But at this point.... nah. He'd bring all the baggage of his current bad press to this movie, basically hurting it in the long run.... and besides, I like Favreau's notion of using an unknown so Tony is Tony, instead of it just seeming like Tom Cruise playing Tony.

 

[Raiden]

I'd rather have Marvel cast an unknown to play Tony Stark than Tom Cruise. He may be a talented actor, but he carries too much baggage with him, and his asking price is way too high. Besides, it'd be hard to have a trilogy with an actor who probably want a good percentage of the gross, making it very risky financially.

I hope the execs at Paramount will not force Marvel to cast Cruise just because they have a relationship with him.

 

[Red]

Personally I would be very happy with Cruise having the role.

 

[jbsuperman2]

I sooooo don't want Cruise anywhere near 'Iron Man" with his scientology. Ewww...he would prolly not wanna do the whole "alcholism" thing cuz of that.

 

[jbsuperman2]

My crystal ball predicts a casting announcement very soon.....


I'm more hyped for Spidey 3 and Ghost Riderm though. Iron Man just seems so far away. Perhaps the teaser trailer will hype me up some more.

 

[Ironman24]

The thing is Cruise is a heck of an actor, and would do a great job as Stark, I loved his performances in Last Samurai and Collaterial, unfortunatly he really has hurt his popularity with his comments and act, would I like to see him as Tony Stark, sure, he's still the biggest actor in Hollywood, but he needs to clean up his act off screen.

 

[That-Guy]

Yeah, I think Tom Cruise could be a great Iron Man... I just think that his recent public actions have hurt his career quite a bit. M:I3's box office take, while respectable, was not as great as M:I2's, and that is most likely a reflection of that.

I'm not saying that the man has to keep his mouth shut about various issues if he doesn't want to... but if he continues to behave the way he has been over the last year, its going to do nothing but hurt his career.

 

[WTFimVENOM]

Tom Cruise in The LAst Samuri looks just like stark. Hes a little short but thats nothing that the suit can't fix

 

[Spade]

Enough with this tom cruise scientology bashing nonsense.
It's seriously getting old.
I think Tom can do a great job playing Tony Stark.
The man can act.

No one has said anything negative about his religious beliefs...we've just been saying he would not make a good Tony Stark on the big screen.

 

[Mr. Credible]

i'd like to see cruise in the role... i can picture stark as a combination of his characters in vanilla sky and the last samurai.

and since favreau has more or less said that iron man will probably always be cgi on screen, it doesn't really matter that cruise is short.

 

[YJ1]

dude, you linked to thesuperficial, which in turn was referencing a STUFF MAGAZINE poll...that's some pulitzer stuff right there

yes the scientology baggage is bad, BUT MI3 was still the best of the series, and cruise (99% of the time) makes good movies. he still has quite a succesful track record for budgets, quality, and box office. i'd rather have a good movie with tom cruise, than a mediocre one with an unknown.

The story, direction and FX will carry this movie, not the actor. So, a good movie with Tom Cruise will be a good movie without him. I liked MI3 but the fact is that America has had enough of Cruise as a person and this has overflown on to Cruise as an actor. More surveys and polls (besides Stuff Mag) name Cruise as the most annoying man in America. Marvel's first big solo venture just doesn't need that type of baggage. Cruise has always been a bankable star but post-Oprah nutty Cruise has severely lost his appeal. Women dislike Cruise on many levels simply from his Brooke Shields tirade and the fact that he is robbing the cradle to form Tomkat. Cruise bad mouthing Christians and organized religion and constantly promoting scientology doesn't sit well with a number of people. Like YC claims, MI3 was a good movie and yet it still underperformed at the box office.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Tom Cruise would probably be a better Stark than most suggested in these parts and I'm a huge fan but right now he has to lay low and let things blow over,he shot himself in the foot when he had been untouchable for nearly 2 decades,his fault.
Iron Man would have benefited from Cruise pre 2005 but right now he may well hurt it more than help it

 

[Darthphere]

I like Cruise for Stark, the problem is at that point it becomes another Tom Cruise movie, not an Iron Man mvoie.

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

IM doesn't deserve Cruise's baggage.
Besides, the armor would probably become an ancient alien artifact filled with the knowledge of Urantia...

 

[tamron]

Why won't this rumor stay dead?

Because The Cruiser has said for years he wants to play Iron Man, and despite bad publicity, he still has enough Hollywood clout to make it happen.The is he or isn't he saga will only end once Favs announces who has the part.

 

[WTFwuzThT]

Maybe they should tell him to renounce scientology and they'll give him the part. Then maybe we won't have to listen to more of his psychotic alien induced ramblings.

 

[jeaf7]

Even though Im not a Cruise fan, since hes a nut job nowdays. I do say facts are facts hes a dam good actor and will fit the role perfect.

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ yeah but is he worth the cost in a film where a no name could do just as well without the cruise distraction and nuttiness? if he does get the job imagine the difficulties in getting a sequel done.

 

[COME ON !]

^ yeah but is he worth the cost in a film where a no name could do just as well without the cruise distraction and nuttiness? if he does get the job imagine the difficulties in getting a sequel done.

He isn't. He would demand a 20 mill dollar paycheck(at least) and part of the gross. He just isn't worth it. Iron Man doesn't need Tom Cruise. Add to that all the negative buzz around him and you know he isn't right.

Besides, a man whose "religion" says that people with autism etc doesn't deserve to live, among many other things , shouldn't play a character like Iron Man. He'd be good for Hitler though.

 

[Dirk McMahon]

Besides, a man whose "religion" says that people with autism etc doesn't deserve to live, among many other things , shouldn't play a character like Iron Man. He'd be good for Hitler though.

wow scientology really says that?

 

[COME ON !]

wow scientology really says that?

Yup, I'll try to find it for you.

 

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