Mickey Rourke Has Harsh Words For Tom Cruise And The Roles He Plays
Tom Cruise has been the topic of conversation in the cinematic world after the ground-breaking success of his newest venture Top Gun: Maverick, which follows the story of Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell 36 years after the release of the iconic 1986 original film. However, despite the film's box office achievement, veteran actor Mickey Rourke remains unimpressed with Cruise, calling him 'irrelevant' for not trying to stretch himself as an actor.
Top Gun: Maverick has quickly become the best-performing film of the year, with a combined box office total that puts the Paramount film over the $1 billion mark worldwide, making it only the second film in the pandemic era to do so, behind Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: No Way Home. The impressive global number is also the first time Cruise has crossed the $1 billion milestone throughout his career.
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Unfortunately, Academy Award-nominated actor Rourke finds the Paramount film less than impressive, along with its well-known leading star. TheIron Man 2 villain recently made an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored and didn't mince words when asked about the year's highest-grossing film. «That doesn't mean s*** to me,» stated Rourke about the film's $1 billion success. «Tom Cruise has been doing the same part for 35 effing years. I got no respect for that.»
Rourke noted that Cruise's inability to truly stretch himself as an actor over the past three decades is the reason he finds the Top Gun: Maverick leading star's well established acting career to be 'irrelevant' in his eyes. «I don’t care about money or power,» expressed Rourke. «I care about…when I watch Al Pacino or Christopher Walken working, or De Niro’s early
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