Clint Eastwood On Which Actor Will Stand Out the Most in 100 Years

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

“100 years from now and more, people will look back on this generation of films, and the guy who will standout more than anyone else will be Tom Cruise.”

This article was in 2016 while Clint was filming Sully, but I just discovered it now.

Cameron Crowe, who directed Jerry Maguire and Vanilla Sky, also agreed.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Nahhh

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

It’s hard to think of a better candidate than him. Guy’s career spans like 35 years at this point and he’s still going strong.

 

[revoltub]

That settles it.

 

[revoltub]

Keep in mind he said that while promoting a movie with Tom Hanks.

 

[HARRISON_3]

Yes.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Keep in mind he said that while promoting a movie with Tom Hanks.

Damn. Tom Hanks is probably my runner up after Cruise.

 

[Zer]

It’s hard to think of a better candidate than him. Guy’s career spans like 35 years at this point and he’s still going strong.

And his incredible stuntwork is a big cherry on top and something that completely sets him apart from most

Plus in a 100 years time who knows, maybe they'll all be worshipping Xenu as well

 

[revoltub]

Damn. Tom Hanks is probably my runner up after Cruise.

Yeah Hanks is also a top tier

 

[Five Fingered Fresh Fist]

So we’re all just going to pretend like Kevin Sorbo doesn’t exist?

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

So we’re all just going to pretend like Kevin Sorbo doesn’t exist?

 

[BisexualMMA]

It’s hard to think of a better candidate than him. Guy’s career spans like 35 years at this point and he’s still going strong.

It's been over 40 years since The Outsiders and Taps. The guy is unstoppable. He's effectively still playing 40 year olds. He just has too many thetans.

 

[Sirwastealot]

His career stands apart. Not even guys like Leo can really hold a candle to the career he has had.

At the same time, he can't hold a candle to pure actors like oldman or DDL.

So it depends on your criteria. But from the angle clint is coming from i can see that, no one has had the prolific blockbuster career cruise has. Doesn't seem to be close to stopping either.

 

[Prelimtapper]

Tom's the best movie star ever and he's a great actor. Why not?

 

[MichiganMMA1978]

Impossible, he's a manlet.

 

[surgeyou1]

Nah. You need to show more range to be considered the GOAT actor.

GOAT movie star maybe

 

[Adamant]

Before I clicked on this thread I was thinking "Tom Cruise." Glad to see Eastwood agrees.

 

[elreece]

Leo or Brad will be remembered as greater than him.

top 5? Yes without question.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Leo or Brad will be remembered as greater than him.

top 5? Yes without question.

 

[TardStrong]

Denzel and Leo I would rank higher as actors. As an action movie star though yeah Tom Cruise