Fun & Games
Cruise or Hanks?
On the podcast, the panel asks who would have been better in the lead: Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks. Guess their pick. One miss ends the streak.
Streak 0Best 098 movies
Forrest Gump 1994
The panel: Tom Cruise would intensify the running, stunts, and comedy, but is not selected over Tom Hanks as Forrest
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
The panel: Hanks overall; Cruise as Bowman and Hanks as Floyd; Cruise as the lead ape
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006
The panel: Tom Hanks as Ricky Bobby
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 1988
The panel: Elderly Cruise as deranged Loomis
Brokeback Mountain 2005
The panel: Tom Cruise as Jack, though he likely would not accept
Can't Hardly Wait 1998
The panel: Young Hanks as Preston is the final stated choice.
Species 1995
The panel: Cruise is favored in several versions: Cocktail or Magnolia era as a picked-up man, current Cruise as Fitch, or Cruise as Lennox; Hanks is doubted for keeping a straight face.