Mickey Rourke says Tom Cruise is 'irrelevant'. Interesting.

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www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11005171/Mickey-Rourke-brands-Tom-Cruise-irrelevant-interview.html

Can't find a Sleb Twaddle topic any more, and obviously it's a DM link but if you compare their net worths then I'm not sure he can say that.

He's not wrong though is he. TC's a one trick pony (who I can't stand!)

Well TC currently has one of the biggest films out so 'irrelevant' isn't quite right is it. Don't know what he means by that really. (And I like TC!) MR is totally irrelevant IMO.

Well, I suppose MR has to find his way into the papers one way or another.

PM asks him if he thinks TC is a good actor and he answers that he's irrelevant. It's all a bit bizarre.

I think MR means in terms of the greats of the acting world, he names Al Pacino, Monty Cliff, Brando….. he’s right TC doesn’t come close.
TC has his place but he’s not on a par with the likes Daniel Day Lewis for example.

Oh I see. He's doing a comparison with much older actors. I wonder where he counts himself in amongst all of those?

Its like comparing a generic boy band with velvet underground.

Rourke says Cruise has been playing the same character for 30 years.
He makes it clear what he means by irrelevant.

I'm not sure I agree with him there. But I can live with that.

I can't stand Tom Cruise. Someone on here once described him perfectly as a lizard wearing a human skin.

He is successful and has a lot of money. He is lucky enough to have the sort of money now that he can bankroll his own ego trips. See Top Gun rehash and Mission Impossible 507. Doesn't mean they are any good though.

Can't find a Sleb Twaddle topic any more

I used to enjoy reading Sleb Twaddle, but it seems to have disappeared!

i suppose it's all just opinions isn't it? On whether actors or singers/bands are any good or 'relevant'. I was quite surprised to see Mickey Rourke popping up to say anything about anything TBF. But he's making headlines so it's all good as far as publicity goes-it that's what he needs.

Me too. This would fit perfectly-a reasonably light hearted thread about two actors. Feel like I should have just gone for it in AIBU now. 😂

I really enjoy most Tom Cruise movies, and have grown up watching him. I can't get past the Scientology connection though, he is practically a god there and I find that very off-putting

I actually agree with MR that TC has been playing the same character for years.

There is something 'off' about Tom Cruise'. I just can't warm to him at all. I think it must be the way he smiles all of the time and seems so nice.. but all of those women who' escaped' from him can't be wrong can they?

There was a Tom Cruise bashing thread not long ago I think. I have enjoyed some of his films, (not seen all of them) and he's always been entertaining to watch in interviews (even when leaping off sofas etc). There are other actors i'm not keen on.