Unfortunately, her claim to fame was marrying Tom Cruise
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zooymtoo — 13 years ago(July 19, 2012 01:53 PM)
I think marrying Cruise hurt her career. She was very popular in Dawson's Creek and seemed slated to move on up in the business. But after the marriage she made compromises and everyone publicly marginalized and discounted h5b4er.
Time will tell if her career picks back up. but after being in the spotlight in such a negative way she may not desire all that fame after all.
Who could blame her?
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Marlene_Misses_DWE — 13 years ago(July 19, 2012 11:41 PM)
I agree.
Her claim to even more fame is divorcing the same guy.
But at last Tommy Gurl might get an idea in his way of what it feels like to get
disposed of quietly and without sorrow."
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beja-4 — 13 years ago(July 20, 2012 08:53 AM)
I agree with itsaconundrum because I too actually think she probably would've been a bigger star if she haven't married Tom. She didn't need him to become famous.
There's not only Dawson Creek and Batman on her map. Haven't anyone seen her in any others movies? I've watched her in Ice Storm, Wonderboys where she is really great, Go, Phone Booth, Batman Begins and in The Kennydys where she was amazing. In fact, I've kept an eye on her more during her career than I did on Cruise and I'm a woman.
I haven't seen 'Abandon' and I know it has low ratings, definitely not the best movie made. But I think I'll rent it for the sake of Katie Holmes performance.
Roger Ebert about the movie:
"Enough of this. The movie finally did not satisfy me, and so I cannot recommend it,
but there is a lot to praise, beginning with Katie Holmes' performance as Catherine Burke, a smart and articulate student who is on the fast track to a corporate boardroom.
She's a student at an unnamed university (McGill in Montreal provided the locations), has just aced an interview with a big firm, studies hard, doesn't date."
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fiatlux-1 — 13 years ago(September 28, 2012 12:01 AM)
I haven't seen 'Abandon' and I know it has low ratings, definitely not the best movie made. But I think I'll rent it for the sake of Katie Holmes performance.
'Abandon' is a good film. I own it on DVD & have watched it many times. I was surprised that Katie Holmes could carry a film, but she does and does it well.
Its not a perfect film, but I like it a lot. It doesn't really deserve its low ratings.
As for whether Katie's marriage hurt her career, I would have to say yes.
Before people even knew about that Scientology mess, they seemed to view the couple as a dirty 'old man' marrying a 'teen'. That was the way it seemed even to me, he seemed much too old for herin age AND personality, if that makes sense.
Then the Scientology began..and Katie changed. And she all but disappeared off people's popularity lists after that.
I, for one, hopes she gets herself back together again. I like her as an actress.
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"Didn't he discover America?"
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slavicfish — 13 years ago(July 21, 2012 02:02 AM)
Yes I totally agree with you. She is nothing special, honestly Michelle Williams was the most talented DC actor, the others are just generic. And Pieces of Aprilwas AWFUL, so don't tel me she had some aspiring Indie career ahead of her. As for all of her other moviesI pretty much hate them or she was my least favorite character (Thank you for smoking, Batman Begins). People blame Tom Cruise for her failure to appear in the sequel to Batman, but I honestly feel the higher ups recognized she wasn't the star grabbing quality the needednot that Maggie Gyllenhaal is much better, but Katie is justboring? I've never met anyone who says "Oh I just LOVE Katie Holmes"she has Tom to thank for the continuation of publicity and any roles she receives thereafter because with the pool of talented attractive actresses out there, she is definitely at the bottom. Only reason she gets roles here on out is because of mass public recognition from her high profile marriage/divorce. Fact!
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Ode-to-a-Loner — 13 years ago(July 21, 2012 09:00 PM)
I totally agree that Katie is nothing special, and that she really does have Tom to "thank" for the attention that she has because she is now a bigger name because of her marriage/divorce to him, than she was before they got together. It amazes me that now you can't go a day without hearing about her, when before her marriage to Tom, she was just another actress that wasn't that memorable. I think more people actually became aware of her simply because Tom Cruise made such a big deal over her. Yes, she had her fans from her DC days, but aside from that, she wasn't exactly a household name. Even if she does start getting more movie offers and everything, I don't think that it will last long for her, because she was never a box office draw, and I think the popular opinion of her is that she is a mediocre actress, so I don't see too much box office success for her.
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Eve_of_Destruction — 13 years ago(July 22, 2012 08:57 PM)
Let's face it, most of her movies are terrible. If she hadn't married him, she probably would have fallen off the radar by now. He's about the only thing that kept her name in the news.
Quite the opposite really, he ruined her career by crushing her whole being. She will thrive now I predict.
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MWallace77 — 13 years ago(July 31, 2012 06:24 AM)
I think the fact that she married Tom Cruise ruined her career. Everyone realized th5b4ere was something kind of creepy about the whole situation and I believe it turned people off. She may get hired again but I imagine she's very well off at this point.
If she told the real story, I believe it would make for an interesting read. Not from Tom's perspective, since he's the most boring actor I can think of but Katie has a story to tell.