bubbles wrote:
It's the film vesion of a Broadway play. And he gets to sing....  Maybe he's trying to remember his glory days in Cocktail.

 

Tom Cruise & Taylor Swift Teaming Up for 'Rock of Ages?'

Tom Cruise & Taylor Swift Teaming Up for 'Rock of Ages?'

Tom Cruise has been offered a supporting role in the big screen version of the Broadway hit Rock of Ages, according to Access Hollywood. If he signs on for the project, the 48-year-old star would most likely play a bartender who gets the chance to sing some ’80s rock classics. Taylor Swift will reportedly star as Sherrie Christian in the flick, which follows a young rocker and a small town girl chasing their dreams in L.A.

Production on the project is scheduled to begin in January.

Read more: http://justjared.buzznet.com/#ixzz13dax6Bnf

Holy crap. If this thing ever does get made, its skyrocketing AAF (Annoying Asshole Factor) would surely tear a gaping hole in the Time-Space Continuuum.

Whilst I'm no Hollywood expert, this sounds like another one of those Tinseltown pipe dreams which will never get beyond the drawing board stage. Remember, about ten years ago, when the media gossip-mongers were excitedly reporting that Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake were set to costar in a remake of Grease? Or was it Dirty Dancing? Either way, it never happened. And Thank God for that.

Cruise would never agree to a project like this, for three reasons. One, he wouldn't be the star. Two, the role skews too closely to the part he played in Cocktail---arguably his worst film ever---and is undeniably retro, which implies TC is yesterday's news (yeah, we know that, but he doesn't). Three, I think that---as fucked up as the man is mentally---he realizes he has no musical talent whatsoever and would make an even bigger ass of himself singing than he did jumping on Oprah's couch.

This rolling clusterfuck aside, there is also Taylor Swift to consider. She is currently the purest example of a phenomenon called "Why in Hell is This Person Rich and Famous?!?" Girlfriend makes Marie Osmond look like Tina Turner. Her music is as predictable as a shit following a dose of Exlax, and far less satisfying. I mean, Taylor made Miley Cyrus look like Janis Joplin during their duet on some lame awards show a few years back. Lord, I am proud and grateful to be a Gen-X'er. These poor kids have had some genuine crapola fobbed off on them by the music industry---and Taylor Swift is Exhibit #1.

Rant ended.