It’s all happening! (Okay, I hate myself a little bit for wasting that reference on Rock of Ages, but I apparently forgot how to use the delete button and onward we go.) After months of speculation, Tom Cruise is finally in negotiations to co-star in the stage to screen adaptation of Rock of Ages. He’ll play Stacee Jaxx who is simultaneously “arrogant and charming” and a major rock star. Hmm…major star who’s arrogant and charming…I wonder why they wanted Cruise so badly. Um, maybe because he’s PERFECT for it. He’ll be belting out “Dead or Alive” most likely, as his character does so on Broadway and it’s looking like he could star alongside Alec Baldwin? And Russell Brand? (Both are considering large roles.) And Tobey Maguire’s production company is producing? This is weird. It’s so, so weird; but maybe it will be weird in that really charming musical sort of way where you somehow find the ability to accept that people would just break out in song in the middle of a discussion about the dangers of nuclear warfare…or something less scary.
Well, Tom should be happy. At least he can magically make it return to the mid 80s, back when he was the coolest, even if only for a few joyous months.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
