Okay, I haven't read this yet, save for a few lines that inevitably treated Cruise as a martyr, so I might be way off base here. Regardless. Tom Cruise is Kristin Stewart in Twilight, with a bit more ability to emote. And mostly just anger at that. That's it. Can you name me a single character that Tom Cruise played that was memorable? Where, when you watch the film, you see that character and not Tom Cruise playing that character? I can't even meet the first criteria: a memorable character. He always plays empty shells that a viewer can project themselves onto as a specimen of our culture's concept of masculinity. Every time. Beyond that, Tom Cruise's outspokenness on being batshit fucking insane didn't help. He is a man that men want to relate to, and then he became a middle aged man bouncing on a couch and is known for being deeply into Scientology. There is nothing relatable about that.