Explore how Tom Cruise's ambition for the role of John Carter, despite director Andrew Stanton's commitment to Taylor Kitsch, led to a box office miss.
Tom Cruise has been up for many roles throughout his illustrious career, but one cult science fiction film that he campaigned hard for ended up being a box office disaster, despite deserving so much better. Kicking off his career in the early 80s, Tom Cruise has always been one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, with an impressive filmography to boot.
Even then, there have been roles throughout Tom Cruise's career that he lobbied for, or was almost cast in, that never ended up working out. There have been some major movies that Tom Cruise almost starred in, but didn't end up getting, including Ghost, Wall Street, A Beautiful Mind, Iron Man, The Shawshank Redemption, Goodfellas, and many more over his career. While these are all fantastic movies in their own right, there was another movie that Tom Cruise really wanted to star in, and was attached to the IP back in the 1980s, the infamous John Carter from 2012. Tom Cruise Wanted To Play John Carter Tom Cruise has long been one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, turning out incredible blockbusters throughout his career, but there was one movie he wanted to star in that never happened, John Carter. In fact, The Wrap reported that Cruise campaigned hard for the role of John Carter, but never really stood a chance, as director Andrew Stanton had made up his mind about casting Taylor Kitsch in the role instead. In that same report, Stanton opened up about Cruise wanting to play the role, stating: 'I had Taylor already in mind by the time Tom made his interest known. Tom had a long history with the material, so it wasn’t too surprising to discover he still had interest in it. He was a consummate professional in his discussions with me about the role, and beyond respectful to the fact I was already on an audition path with Taylor...We agreed to talk further if I were to pass on Taylor, but I obviously didn’t. It was as simple and non-controversial as tha
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