Is Tom Cruise heading towards a first-ever Best Actor Oscar?
Based on the footage just shown today at the Warner Bros Cinemacon presentation, as well as the ecstatic reception he got from the packed crowd of theatre owners who were the first to see it, I would say a nomination, at the very least, is a no-brainer.
This is the kind of character turn the star, introduced as the biggest movie star in the world, has not done in a while although I still have fond memories of his unrecognizable Les Grossman in 2008’s Tropic Thunder, but that was just a small supporting role. This one, based on the Cinemacon footage and his appearance as a gray haired pot bellied old oil man who destroyed the planet and now vows to fix it, is the kind of risk-taking unexpected performance that Oscar voters love. And in a
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