Cruise does comedy?

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by: Mike Sampson Aug. 23, 2006

Now might not exactly be the happiest times for Tom Cruise - what with all the whole just-getting-dropped-by Paramount thing so the actor is looking for a good laugh. Perhaps a comedy? Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Cruise has been meeting with Judd Apatow, producer of ANCHORMAN and TALLADEGA NIGHTS and director of THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, to talk about a potential comedy project together. Apatow said Cruise has got great comedic chops that date back to RISKY BUSINESS. "We've had great conversations — I hope something real comes out of it," Apatow told the magazine. Cruise has often been a guy that jumps from genre to genre doing movies like THE LAST SAMURAI, COLLATERAL, WAR OF THE WORLDS and MAGNOLIA in recent years, but one thing he hasn't done in quite a while is comedy. The last would be JERRY MAGUIRE for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. It certainly seems like the right kind of project as he seems to need some career rejuvination. What kind of comedy would you like to see him in? A supporting role in the next Will Ferrell movie?

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Extra Tidbit: Judd Apatow also created "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared" two of the finest teen sitcoms in recent years that were both cancelled too soon.

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judgevik
12:52AM on 08/24/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I was TOm Cruise
Tommy Boy should do the movie version of the broadway play...I was Tom Cruise..who better to play than himself!
Tommy Boy should do the movie version of the broadway play...I was Tom Cruise..who better to play than himself!
 
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Ki'esha Foxx
8:40PM on 08/23/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I agree with GroundlessNFree. I'd pay to see that flick!
I agree with GroundlessNFree. I'd pay to see that flick!
 
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GroundlessNFree
8:34PM on 08/23/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I believe this movie should be titled "Man in a Paper Bag" and would be 90 minutes of Tom trying to act his way out of it. Sort of like a concept movie. Think Gondry or "Head" by the Monkees.
I believe this movie should be titled "Man in a Paper Bag" and would be 90 minutes of Tom trying to act his way out of it. Sort of like a concept movie. Think Gondry or "Head" by the Monkees.
 
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bagism25
3:50PM on 08/23/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
but
Apatow didn't create Freaks and Geeks, he only [link] for it. Paul Feig was the creator.
Apatow didn't create Freaks and Geeks, he only [link] for it. Paul Feig was the creator.
 
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Tai Mai Jew
2:04PM on 08/23/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Casting Mr. Tom in that style of comedy is totally rad. I am so down to that shit.
Casting Mr. Tom in that style of comedy is totally rad. I am so down to that shit.
 
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jolanar
12:39PM on 08/23/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'll go see anything Tom Cruise makes. Hes a good enough actor to make any film worth watching.
I'll go see anything Tom Cruise makes. Hes a good enough actor to make any film worth watching.
 
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realhorrorshow
12:13PM on 08/23/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
he was probably threatening apatow after that line in talledega nights. "put me in this movie or i'll SUE you!"

i just don't like cruise. it's not his personal life that bothers me (although he has been acting strange to say the least) but i never really took to him as an actor. so i'm up for no tom cruise ever again.
he was probably threatening apatow after that line in talledega nights. "put me in this movie or i'll SUE you!"

i just don't like cruise. it's not his personal life that bothers me (although he has been acting strange to say the least) but i never really took to him as an actor. so i'm up for no tom cruise ever again.
 
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Johnny Moreno
11:56AM on 08/23/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm hip to it. Cruise doesn't do enough comedies. He definitely has the chops for it. I'd like to see him, Steve Carell and a panda throw down in a scene.
I'm hip to it. Cruise doesn't do enough comedies. He definitely has the chops for it. I'd like to see him, Steve Carell and a panda throw down in a scene.