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Jerry Maguire, often hailed as the last great romantic comedy in cinema, has only recently marked its 26th anniversary, invoking the iconic performance delivered by the ever-reigning king of the box office, Tom Cruise. And like all great classics, the Academy Award-nominated film, truly reserves a history that tells an interesting tale of its behind-the-scene hits and misses, the ongoing debate over its most iconic quote, the divisive genre of the film, and the definitive career best of Tom Cruise.
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Patricia Arquette Loses Out on Starring Opposite Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise, the star of the 1996 film by Cameron Crowe, almost found his female lead inTrue Romance’s Patricia Arquette. And if all had gone according to plan, it would have been her in the role of Dorothy Boyd that eventually went to Renée Zellweger. The actress recently opened up in a red carpetVarietyinterview at the 2023 SAG Awards about her botched audition forJerry Maguire:
“I’m a notoriously bad auditioner. Everyone was saying, ‘Oh, this is just a formality, you’re gonna read with Tom Cruise for ‘Jerry Maguire,’ but this is your part, you got it,’ and I blew it. I actually think [Renée Zellweger] was better for it, and she was great.”
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And Arquette is not the only person who claims to have had a tough time getting their foot in the door with a potentially great film. Actors ranging from Tom Hiddleston (forPirates of the Caribbean) to John Krasinski (forCaptain America) to Tom Holland (forStar Wars: Episode IX) to Jake Gyllenhaal (forLotR) – every great actor has had a story about a bad audition that cost them potentially life-changing roles in career-defining franchises because of a bad day and a slip-up.
Revisiting History: Tom Cruise’sJerry MaguireTurns 26
Jerry Maguire, the last great rom-com subverted the dominant sports culture of the time that was only beginning to soar to the very peak of its existence, showing the moral senselessness of the industry and simultaneously establishing a new business model that is now certifiably being adopted by Forbes as a sustainable system: the Jerry Maguire model – lesser clients, more efficacy, greater mental well-being.
Cameron Crowe & Tom Cruise on the sets ofJerry Maguire[photographed by Andrew Cooper]Also read:“I really look up to him”: Ben Affleck Had to Take Blessings for $30M ‘Air’ From His Favorite Director as Movie Already Hailed as Modern Day Tom Cruise’sJerry Maguire
But even as the Tom Cruise film contributes to society even after 26 years, the movie has had its own share of drama to face over the years ranging from the heated debates regarding the origins of the iconic quote,“Show me the money!”to the premise of the film as a complex story that delivers a sense of catharsis through its subject of moral epiphany and ethical dilemma.Jerry Maguirenot only substantiates the typecast boy-runs-home-to-girl rom-com setting but delivers a strong message about the abusive system that Black athletes have to navigate to fulfill their NFL dream.
Jerry Maguireis available for streaming on Netflix.
Source:Variety
Diya Majumdar
Senior Writer
Articles Published :2410
Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
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