Well I guess it was only a matter of time. Tom Cruise is apparently set to star as the President of the United States in the new political thriller “28th Amendment” (not based on the book of the same name). The folks over at Moviehole give us this:
Cruise would play President Ben Cahill in Warners action thriller, which follows the adventures of an American President (Cruise) that discovers the United States is actually being controlled by a super secret organization (run by Denzel Washington) that terminates those that get in its way. The deal should be official in a few days.
Wow… I ummm… wow. The presence of Denzel Washington in there does arouse my interest, but I don’t know. On the one hand, I do think Tom Cruise is a talented actor (As a side note, early word is that he’s terrible in Valkyrie… but I haven’t seen it yet), but with all the stuff going on around Cruise the last few years…. are people really going to flock to the theaters to see him play the President? Wouldn’t that be more like… I don’t know… people’s worst nightmares???
Personally, I still believe Cruise should do some really rich small indie films (in the vein of Magnolia) to rebuild some of his cred… or dive into some mindless fun action or comedy stuff to soften his image among film goers. Him playing the President doesn’t seem like something that will work to me. Denzel or no Denzel, I small a flop in the making.
