This Wednesday, November 13, 2024 is an important date in the history of cinema. The reason? This is the release of the sequel to a masterpiece: Gladiator 2. On this occasion, we wanted to discuss the immense career of Ridley Scott. If we keep in mind its nuggets like Blade Runner, Alien, the eighth passengeror even The Last Duel, we sometimes forget his failures.
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What is the movie about? Legend ?
Among Ridley Scott's worst films is Legend. Released in theaters in 1985, this fantastic adventure follows Lili, a pretty princess, coveted both by Jack, a young man close to nature, and by Darkness, the incarnation of evil, who dreams of plunging the world into eternal night by killing the two protective unicorns. To save his true love, Jack embarks on a desperate quest to put an end to the demon's actions and prevent Lili from transforming into an evil creature.
In the casting of Legendwe find Tom Cruise in the role of Jack, Mia Sara (Timecop) in that of the sweet princess, or Tim Curry (That) et Kiran Shah (The Chronicles of Narnia). At the time, this was the seventh film starring Tom Cruise. And unfortunately, he has (very) bad memories of it.
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Tom Cruise regrets this film
In an interview, the American actor known for his role in the saga Mission Impossible revealed that he was very worried at the time of the preparation of Legendnotably because of the scenario. In addition, he indicated that he regretted his participation: “I never want to make a movie like this again“.
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Although the criticisms of Legend are quite murderous (and a rating of 3.1 out of 5 given by Internet users of the site AlloCiné), Tom Cruise can at least be proud that the latter received an Oscar nomination in 1986. He was particularly praised for his images and his work around makeup. That's already it!
