{"id":6976,"date":"2010-06-09T22:22:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T03:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=6976"},"modified":"2010-06-09T22:22:01","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T03:22:01","slug":"following-mtv-awards-tom-cruise-confirmed-for-les-grossman-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/09\/following-mtv-awards-tom-cruise-confirmed-for-les-grossman-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Following MTV Awards, Tom Cruise Confirmed For &#8220;Les Grossman&#8221; Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Cruise&#8217;s cameo as Les Grossman in 2008&#8217;s &#8220;Tropic Thunder&#8221; became a film sensation, earning the actor tremendous respect from even those fans who had come down on his off-screen antics.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/actor-tom-cruise-dances\/image\/9048358?term=les+grossman\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view2.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9048358\/actor-tom-cruise-dances\/actor-tom-cruise-dances.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=9048358\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"Actor Tom Cruise dances as Les Grossman at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles\" height=\"396\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"Actor Tom Cruise dances as Les Grossman, a character from the film 'Tropic Thunder,' at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, June 6, 2010.   REUTERS\/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cruise earned more acclaim for his performance, in character, at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday night.  Cruise&#8217;s Grossman character was considered the highlight of a show that featured a solid hosting showing from Aziz Ansari and a touching Sandra Bullock moment, further indicating just how special the character had become.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount and MTV Films thus announced Wednesday that they are moving forward with a Les Grossman film.  Cruise, Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld will produce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLes Grossman&#8217;s life story is an inspiring tale of the classic human struggle to achieve greatness against all odds. He has assured me he plans to quote, \u2018F**king  kill the sh*t out of this movie and make Citizen f**king Kane look like a piece of crap home movie by the time we are done.\u2019 I am honored to be working with him,&#8221; said Stiller in a tongue-in-cheek, character-driven press release.<\/p>\n<p>On the Grossman character, the release noted, &#8220;Grossman, best known as a mega producer, has most recently mentored talents such as Rob Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. 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