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Steven Spielberg says Tom Cruise \u201csaved Hollywood\u201d with Top Gun: Maverick<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Cruise, now 64, blazed a new path for celebrity A-listers. Avoid politics at all costs. Thank fans for coming to movie theaters. Be an ambassador for an industry that too often looks down on its customers.<\/p>\n

Read more The Trump Trap<\/a><\/p>\n

And don\u2019t flinch while creating all-American movies like Maverick<\/em>. It\u2019s not his fault that most of his peers didn\u2019t follow his lead.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s why some call Cruise \u201cthe last movie star.\u201d Now, it appears he wants an Oscar for Best Actor. And his best chance to hoist that golden statue starts this October.<\/p>\n

The problem? He might sell out his red-state base to make it happen.<\/p>\n

Cruise is the star of Digger<\/em>, the latest film from Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu (Birdman<\/em>, The Revenant<\/em>). The movie shows Cruise looking older, grayer, and more pot-bellied than in any film since his hilarious cameo in 2008\u2019s Tropic Thunder<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Cruise plays an oil billionaire navigating an eco-crisis, according to early information tied to the film. Yes, yet another Hollywood feature warning us to treat Mother Nature with care\u2026 or else. Throw in a clich\u00e9d, southern-fried oil magnate for good measure.<\/p>\n

The first trailer suggests Cruise\u2019s character is the film\u2019s antihero, at best. At worst, he\u2019s the puffy face of Big Oil and one reason Al Gore was right all along.<\/p>\n

Maybe the final moments have him driving an electric vehicle into the sunset. Just not a Tesla, of course.<\/p>\n

Did Cruise turn on his apolitical base for the movie? It\u2019s still hard to root against him, given what he\u2019s done for the film business (and audiences). If anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt, it\u2019s Pete \u201cMaverick\u201d Mitchell.<\/p>\n

Read more Morning Greatness: Trump Warns Iran Next Targets Will Be Power Plants, Bridges<\/a><\/p>\n

Then again, this is the kind of product Hollywood produces, especially when it comes to Oscar-tier talent. Cruise won\u2019t get a script about a stricken father who lost his daughter to an illegal immigrant. Nor will he play a wily capitalist who risks it all and ends up saving the family business.<\/p>\n

Those stories aren\u2019t produced in today\u2019s La La Land. That leaves even a superstar like Cruise hungry for Hollywood scraps.<\/p>\n

The other question looming over Digger<\/em>, set for an October 2 release, is how far the film\u2019s eco-message will go. Is it merely the backdrop for a wacky character study, one that lets Cruise showcase more than just his movie-star mug?<\/p>\n

Or is this another woke extravaganza, filled with finger-wagging speeches and heavy-handed plot twists? I\u00f1\u00e1rritu\u2019s politics aren\u2019t a secret. He loathes Trump and supports open borders.<\/p>\n

The one bone for right-leaning audiences? John Goodman plays a Biden-esque president who takes a catnap in one sequence in the film. Deadline says Goodman\u2019s character combines elements of both Trump and Biden.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s betting Cruise\u2019s fan base won\u2019t judge him too harshly based on Digger<\/em> alone. That goodwill investment would take more than one Oscar-bait lecture to disrupt.<\/p>\n

But\u2026 if Cruise uses the film\u2019s publicity tour to push climate change alarmism or other standard-issue Hollywood lectures, audiences may feel the need for speed\u2026 heading straight past theaters where Digger<\/em> is playing.<\/p>\n

Read more The Speech Zohran Mamdani Should Have Made<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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