Tom Cruise will gain weight to play a 300 pound pilot: Oscarworthy?
Tom Cruise has been filming Mission: Impossible 5 – Is Ethan Hunt Retired Yet? in London forever. This photo captures a moment before Tom supposedly almost got run over in real life, but it was only a stunt for the movie. Nobody runs over Tom Cruise, not physically anyway.
Only last week, the new documentary, Going Clear, premiered at Sundance and revealed the CO$ engineered collapse of the Kidman-Cruise marriage. Tom stayed quiet during the discussion. He knows better than to stick his finger into glib Matt Lauer’s face anymore.
The Liftmaster has a different focus right now than public CO$ attack mode. Page Six says he’s on the prowl for a new kind of role. Tom the adrenaline junkie has been stuck in action mode for the past several years. Is there more out there for Tom besides OT Level VIII Scientology paradise? Well … Tom Cruise has never won an Oscar. He’s been nominated three times (for Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire, and Magnolia), but he’s never captured the gold.
How badly does Tom want to capture that little statuette? Very much so. According to Page Six, Tom will gain weight in order to play Barry Seal, the 300-pound, drug- and gun-trafficking pilot for 1980s cartels and the CIA. Sources don’t know whether Tom will gain help from a Tropic Thunder-esque fat suit, but Tom is expected to gain “a significant amount.” Doug Liman (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Edge of Tomorrow) has taken over for Ron Howard as director, which is interesting. Liman primarily directs action, but Tom seems to be aiming for more with this role.
Will this be an awards contender? I can’t see any other reason for Cruise to move out of his mega-physical comfort zone. Tom’s been in action-hero rotation forever, and now he’s changing up his career strategy. Then maybe he’ll cash in on Kirstie Alley’s Weight Watcher’s connection. Be careful, or those volcanoes full of Thetans are going to blow from all the awesomeness.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN
ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pLHLnpmirJOdxm%2BvzqZmbWhpbIRxe9OopJiboqq2tLG%2BsKClpI%2Bcrqq6vrCcop%2BYqay1u76po5qxj5asdHyPmKeorZ6ZrLG1y6irmKejmK6zw86rq6GxXw%3D%3D