If you didn't get your fill of Les Grossman at this year's MTV Movie Awards, don't worry, because Tom Cruise may soon reprise the role in his very own spin-off movie. After taking the stage as Grossman for a show-stealing performance alongside Jennifer Lopez, Cruise told Marc Malkin at E! Online that he and his producing partners are "working on" the movie right now.
I love Tropic Thunder, and I really love the character of Les Grossman, but I'm not sure I love the idea of a Les Grossman solo movie. Realistically, how do you construct a film around a character like that? The Grossman shtick is hilarious, but only in small doses. Could you watch Les Grossman scream at people and do funky dances to Ludicris songs for a full 90 minutes?
On the other hand, many people doubted whether or not they could make a successful film out of a one-note SNL sketch, but Get Him to the Greek and that movie also held up over its feature-length runtime.
Ultimately, it comes down to the story. Les Grossman is a great character, but there has to be more to him than what we saw in Tropic Thunder. Maybe it could be a biopic. Watch Les Grossman's rise from a starry-eyed production assistant to the top of the Hollywood ladder. Any other ideas?
What do you think? Would a Les Grossman solo movie be a total flop, or is there potential for Cruise to take his foul-mouthed, Diet Coke-swilling, G5-flying movie executive to the big screen for his own adventure? What direction do you think they could go with a Grossman spin-off?
Source: E!