Tom Cruise to play the president in upcoming film

I hadn’t heard of Phillip Noyce and was hoping he was some crap-ass nobody, but he’s the guy who directed “Clear and Present Danger”, “Patriot Games”, and “The Quiet American.” So I think we can rest assured that this is no “Mousehunt” – the kind of film Cruise should be relegated to.

Tom Cruise is many things to many people. A prominent and upstanding member of the community to Scientologists, a completely overrated actor whose personality has veered towards the dangerously crazy to everyone else. Ok, so maybe just two things to two groups of people. One thing he definitely IS is a type-a personality. He’s a guy who likes to be top dog. Never has this become more blindingly clear than in his new film, The 28th Amendment where Tommy plays the President of the United States of America.

President Cruise. Seems eerie when you say it out loud, doesn’t it? Tales to frighten children with… “Did I ever tell you kids about the legend of President Cruise?”

*Aiiiieeeeeee!!!* The most horrifying thought ever

Cruise will play President Ben Cahill who is apparently the last person in the whole world to discover that the government is actually run from behind the scenes by a secret organization. Denzel Washington plays the head of the secret group.

[From Spill.com via ONTD]

Spill points out that it sounds like it could be a decent film, given the director and other cast members, but that it’ll be hard to guess if audiences can really enjoy it, given the presence of the tiny manic monster. I do find it hard to separate Tom Cruise the person from whatever character he’s playing anymore. When you watch a film, you want to totally forget that whoever you’re seeing is anyone other than their character. With Tom, you still sense the crazy bubbling up. You can really only temper that level of insanity so much. At some point you’re just sitting there waiting for him to jump on the president’s desk, throw all the papers in the air, and start tap dancing or something.

Here’s Tom and Katie at the “LACMA” Opening celebration on February 9th. Images thanks to WENN.

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