Miles Teller says Tom Cruise was overlooked by the Oscars, but he thinks he knows why.
Top Gun: Maverick was one of the biggest box office hits in years, and that success with fans was matched with more than a few awards. But one conspicuously absent nomination was a Best Actor Oscar nom for Tom Cruise. Many believed Cruise deserved the recognition, including Miles Teller. But Teller has an idea why the actor may have been overlooked.
Speaking with the Associated Press, Teller makes it clear that he firmly believes Cruise should have received an Oscar nomination. The actor, who played Rooster in Top Gun: Maverick, says that awards are often given to actors who show that they have put in a lot of work to achieve a certain skill, and Cruise has absolutely done that. Teller explained…
100 Percent [snubbed]. And I’m not saying whoever got nominated didn’t deserve to get nominated.There’s certainly a lot of truth to what Miles Teller is saying here. The performances that tend to get awards recognition are those that are able to show that a great deal of effort has gone into the performance. When an actor transforms themselves into a famous person in a biopic, a category that often seen awards recognition, it's easy to see how different they are from their usual selves,
Honestly, Teller may be on to something. Tom Cruise does make it all look easy. Whether he's hanging off a building in Mission: Impossible or flying in fighter jets in Top Gun, he does some incredible things, but certainly doesn’t make it look like he’s working that hard. We know that the rest of the Top Gun: Maverick cast pushed themselves to fly in those jets, and it’s not like Cruise didn’t go through the same thing, he’s just done it so much that it now comes naturally to him.
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