Why Tom Cruise is always jealous of Clint Eastwood

“I wish I had that great Clint Eastwood story with me Unforgiven” he said. “He had this script and he was putting it away for 10 years, and then he went and directed this movie and starred in this movie. And it was the culmination of his whole career.” He called Eastwood ” smart,” who realized the opportunity this movie presented him. “It was perfect for him,” he continued. “And that’s why I don’t have it Unforgiven. I don’t have it.”

History behind Unforgiven almost as impressive as the film itself. The film, which centers on an aging cowboy bounty hunter (Eastwood) forced into retirement by a big-money job, was first conceived in 1976, but wasn’t released until 1992. Francis Ford Coppola was originally going to shoot it and, surprisingly, approached John Malkovich for the main role. Neither man was involved in the finished product, as Eastwood finished the script in the early 1980s.

In addition to starring in the film alongside Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman and Richard Harris, Eastwood also directed the film. It turned out to be an incredibly wise move, as the film was nominated for nine Oscars. He won four of them; Best film editing; Best Supporting Actor for “Hackman”; Best Director Eastwood; and the best film. His revisionist take on the Western was revolutionary for the genre and is still considered one of the finest examples of any film in the category. It was preserved by the US National Film Registry in 2004

According to Cruise, it was not Eastwood’s success at the Oscars that made him green with envy. “If it doesn’t happen, I won’t be disappointed,” he said of the Oscars. At the time, he was nominated three times at the ceremony; twice for best actor (He was born on the fourth of July and Jerry Maguire); once for Best Supporting Actor (Magnolia). After this interview, he applied for another gong – for the best film as a producer Top Gun: Maverick – but he missed that too. It’s a good thing that Oscar doesn’t mean so much to him.

More than twenty years after Cruz’s discovery, he unfortunately still hasn’t achieved his goal Unforgiven. It has nothing to do with his ability or determination, just how great this movie was. It was a film made by the director and the performer of the main role in a cowboy actor who not only broke the stereotypes of the genre, but did so in a way that earned him applause in the industry. Cruise has never directed or starred in any film that dramatically deconstructs the action heroes he helped create. Eastwood was 62 when he did it Unforgiventhe same age as Cruz is now. Perhaps he still has time to finally realize this dream.

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