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<p dir="auto"><strong>cowy4</strong> — <em>18 years ago(March 10, 2008 09:52 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Tom Cruise really needs to leave that cult before it is to late!!!</p>
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<p dir="auto">the sound of your racing heart</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1780305</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1780305</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:09:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tom Cruise didnt do this movie because of Scientology on Fri, 01 May 2026 12:09:18 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>The Kraken</strong> — <em>2 years ago(July 27, 2023 10:38 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I don't like you anymore. I mean it.<br />
We're done. Bye</p>
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<p dir="auto">you are such a simp, it's cute <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":joy:" alt="😂" /><br />
the sound of your racing heart</p>
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<p dir="auto">Anything but be what you claimed to be.<br />
You misrepresent yourself all the time. I'm tired of you.</p>
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<p dir="auto">ma'am<br />
the sound of your racing heart</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1780300</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1780300</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:09:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tom Cruise didnt do this movie because of Scientology on Fri, 01 May 2026 12:09:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>The Kraken</strong> — <em>2 years ago(July 27, 2023 09:59 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">So much for your movie review career. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":joy:" alt="😂" /><br />
Go on back to watching Barbie and classic films.</p>
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<p dir="auto">i'm not a film critic <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":joy:" alt="😂" /> but i havent seen it and i'm not interested in seeing it. sorry.<br />
the sound of your racing heart</p>
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<p dir="auto">What do you think, Sophie? You're a film critic.<br />
@Sophienoire</p>
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<p dir="auto">I'm so glad he did not because it def would not have been the same movie at all.I love Jason Patrick.</p>
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<p dir="auto">REALLY would've loved to see him and Jennifer Jason Leigh in the same movie. Two of my favorites.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Brought him 3 (soon 4) hot wives, s-tone of money, long career despite the fact it should have ended back in the 90's and cyborg-like never-aging good looks.<br />
Not bad of a package to get in exchange for one soul. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /> <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /> <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">Tom Cruise isn't versatile enough to play such a dynamic character. Plus, he's too short to take seriously.<br />
Tom Cruise was worried too much about his brand back then to play a gritty part like this.<br />
Jennifer Jason Leigh did well but I think Theresa Russell or Holly Hunter would have been a better fit.<br />
Jennifer brings a certain naivety that Holly and Theresa do not have to be honest. Remember the character starts out as a rookie and then becomes corrupted. Jennifer can do both whereas the other actresses I haven't seen do that in any of their resume.<br />
Jason Patric was outstanding. I don't think anyone else could have done any better.<br />
He's so <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f525.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--fire" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":fire:" alt="🔥" /> <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f60d.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--heart_eyes" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":heart_eyes:" alt="😍" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">Tom Cruise isn't versatile enough to play such a dynamic character. Plus, he's too short to take seriously.<br />
Jennifer Jason Leigh did well but I think Theresa Russell or Holly Hunter would have been a better fit. Jason Patric was outstanding. I don't think anyone else could have done any better.<br />
" The rug really tied the room together, did it not? "</p>
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<p dir="auto">Tom was unable to do this movie because he is extremely well-endowed and he would not have been able to fit his ginormous manhood into those tight jeans. Also, he was way too sexi for the role.  Fact!</p>
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<p dir="auto">Oh my god I hadn't heard this before, the idea that Tom Cruise could have played in this movie  I just threw up in my mouth a little<br />
This is one of my favorite movies (and books), the way it was played.  With Tom Cruise in the role, it would have been absolutely forgettable &amp; unbelievable<br />
That would have been such a waste</p>
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<p dir="auto">Me either!</p>
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<p dir="auto">You're missing out on a lot of great movies if you don't watch anything Cruise is in.</p>
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<p dir="auto">And Jodie Foster was originally going to play Kristen. I'm glad that Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh were chosen. They both do terrific job.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Thank God!  I would probably never have watched this movie if that idiot Tom Cruise was in it.   I LOVE the cast as it is.</p>
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