How Tom Cruise became so hated in Hollywood

Probably because he peaked as an actor in Risky Business, and has been going downhill ever since. Oh yeah, and that whole Scientology nonsense.


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He is hated just in America just because of his personal life or he jumped on a couch or some other silly reason . Around the globe people still love him and his films collects more money overseas.

Not sure what you're talking about. A small vocal section of the public does dislike him but they are a small minority and in no way represent a whole Hollywood or America or such.

People love Tom Cruise and his movies evident from almost all his movies being superhits. Recent ones like Edge of Tomorrow have been super loved by all. Mission Impossible movies continue to rule.

He's done some really amazing films. Most Americans don't give a shit about Scientology or his couch jump because it is irrelevant. To jump on a couch because he loved someone is not something to hate on. Scientology - it's his personal religious freedom and most Americans don't care because it's another religion. Christianity/Islam/Judaism/Buddhism/Hinduism/Shintoism etc. Add another one. Who cares?

His movies are amazing and I've loved them all. He also seems like a very nice guy from what everyone says. Sure, no one is 100% perfect and he's had his moments like all of us. But most intelligent Americans don't delve or care about his personal life and love his art/movies

When Brendan Fraser was a bankable star, a studio executive said the actor's name signaled "mediocrity." We all know there are actors who take pay-check movies. Cruise tends to be pickier with his projects, and while he makes the occasional dog (such as, coincidentally, The Mummy), there's always passion and effort.

The hatred for Cruise says more about the public. Scientology, like Christianity, is pretty dumb. Unlike Christianity, it's unusual, which often translates to weird. It's bizarre that people said he needs to ask for the public's "forgiveness" for jumping on Oprah's couch. Yeah, what kind of asshole says he loves his girlfriend?

In terms of personality, Cruise strikes me as arrogant and egotistical. Precisely those types of roles made him a star (young and cocky... lawyer/bartender/pilot/pool hustler/exotic car dealer/secret agent. A team of publicists are quick to mention his kindness, and that also seems genuine. I think a deeper criticism is that he's rather one-dimensional -- that is, a relentless workaholic consumed with making movies. Everyone talks about him being a raging religious nutjob, but the Scientology stuff, I think, is instrumental. It helps him focus on work. He's probably seen the number of people in his industry who get consumed with drugs, alcohol, extra-marital affairs.

He's often portrayed as an alpha-male top-dog (goes with the arrogance and egotism), but I see him as deferring to recognized authorities. There's a duality. Christopher McQuarrie is his bitch, but people said Kubrick was a kind of father figure. The same goes with taking orders from Scientology, or Spielberg. He's a people-pleaser, quick to laugh at other people's jokes. Again, this is reflected in his roles where he has a mentor (Minority Report, M:I, Cocktail, The Firm, The Hustler, Days of Thunder, etc).

My advice is for him to convert to Islam. Hollywood would at the very least be afraid to criticize him.