Snyder says he tried to get the A-list star to play the film's villain, but talks stalled when Cruise wanted to play Rorschach instead.
Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, filmmaker Zack Snyder looked back at his 2009 Watchmen adaptation -- and confirmed that some of the biggest names in Hollywood were circling it at one point or another. Quizzed on some long-simmering rumors about actors who were considered, or with whom Snyder met for the movie, one big surprise was that Tom Cruise apparently turned down the role of Ozymandias -- not because he didn't like the script or objected to the R-rated content...
"I wanted Tom Cruise for Ozymandias," Snyder admitted."Tom wanted to play Rorschach, which obviously he could have done, but we had Jackie already, and Jackie's unbelievable. I certainly would have considered Tom in retrospect, if I hadn't had Jackie."Along the way, they also talked about rumors that Keanu Reeves was considered for Dr. Manhattan -- something Snyder kinda-sorta confirms, but it doesn't sound like there were serious conversations.
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