- Working with Quentin Tarantino could land Tom Cruise his first Oscar for a unique supporting role.
- Tom Cruise working with auteur directors like David Fincher and Martin Scorsese could lead to a terrific crime thriller.
- Collaborating with Christopher Nolan aligns Tom Cruise’s film-making ideals with a director who excels at original, non-franchise movies.
Tom Cruise is known as one of Hollywood’s greatest movie stars, and there are many directors he should work with now that he’s returning to non-action movies. Tom Cruise began his career in the 1980s, and while he had action movie hits like Top Gun, he wasn’t as synonymous with the genre as he is today with franchises like Mission: Impossible. Cruise is often wrongly accused of only playing one character, himself, though earlier works like Magnolia and Born on the Fourth of July proved he’s as capable as any other talent in the industry at delivering a moving performance.
Early in his career, the actor worked alongside directors like Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, and Paul Thomas Anderson, resulting in some of the best Tom Cruise movies. In the 21st century, Cruise’s roles have mainly consisted of action leads, making a Variety article that discussed his ambitions to “return to working with auteurs” all the more exciting. He’s signed a significant deal with Warner Bros., where he’ll make movies for the foreseeable future. He’s already set to star in a film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and there are many other filmmakers to work with next, including some repeats.
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