Tom Cruise Regrets One of His Never-Making Movies Lost in Broadcast

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These days, it’s hard to imagine any movie starring Tom Cruise without thinking that Top shot The actor had a heavy hand in its development and production. Although Tom Cruise prefers to retain creative control over the intellectual material he associates with, he still cut his thespian teeth while starring in the 1985 film directed by Ridley Scott, A legend. In fact, Tom Cruise regrets playing in the A legend for this reason because he had no control over the narrative.

And who are we to blame Tom Cruise for having hard feelings about his role in a movie like this A legendwhich was not a critical or commercial success in its first release, but rather did not go well until Ridley Scott released his Director’s Cut – with 25 minutes of additional footage – in 2002. A legend to achieve cult status with a 73 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but back in 1985 the film was heavily criticized for not using its complex and expensive set pieces to their best advantage.

The Tom Cruise We Know Doesn’t Compromise

Although we can all look back in wonder at such a wonderful piece of Tom Cruise cinema as A legendit’s easy to understand where Cruise comes from. When I look back on Cruise’s 40-year acting career, one commonality with established lines is that he doesn’t sign on to a project until he’s 100 percent behind the character he’s going to play, and he works tirelessly to make sure he delivers. role of his unending commitment.

Known for his big-budget blockbusters, Tom Cruise defies the laws of physics by performing his dangerous, jaw-dropping stunts. In addition, when asked about the legendary stunt in which he climbed the Burj Khalifa skyscraper Mission: Impossible – Ghost ProtocolCruise proudly announced that he fired the original Safety Supervisor who encouraged him not to do the practice and hired someone else who was willing to let him do the practice as he had always envisioned.

Tom Cruise Was Just An Actor In Fiction

Tom Cruise’s role in the A legend it’s a fitting entry into his filmography, but it’s very different from his more prominent films Top shot or his ongoing position with the Mission: Impossible franchise.

In A legendTom Cruise portrays a jungle kid named Jack who is tasked with fighting the Dark Lord (Tim Curry) after he sends his fearsome goblins named Blix (Alice Playten), Pox (Peter O’Farrell), and Blunder (Kiran Shah) to kill the unicorns near his castle. By slaughtering mysterious creatures and stealing their horns, the Lord of Darkness can put the forest into a state of perpetual darkness while everyone lives under his brutal rule.

Jack, who has been smitten with Princess Lili (Mia Sara), is unaware of the Dark Lord’s evil intentions when he brings the innocent princess to see the unicorns in person, which puts Legend’s the main conflict in travel. This ultimate fusion of evil and innocence introduces us to interesting creatures called Honeythorn Gump (David Bennent), Oona (Annabelle Lanyon), Screwball (Billy Barty), and Brown Tom (Cork Hubbert), all of whom help Tom Cruise’s Jack fend off the darkness. troops are waiting A legend.

Seeing the Legend for yourself

That is the sad truth we have to face Legend’s legacy has been swept under the hood, as it is not available for home viewing via streaming or video-on-demand. If you have a friend with an expanding DVD collection, you better hope you’re in their good graces, or at least they’ll let you borrow a copy for your viewing pleasure. Tom Cruise may not be a fan of hers A legendbut seeing the ever-charming Tim Curry in devilish makeup in the film’s third act is reason enough to check out this alleged misfire that prominently features a young Tom Cruise.

Source: SlashFilm