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Zack Snydersays Tom Cruise wanted to play a pretty surprising character in his 2009 comic book movie Watchmen.

“I wanted Tom Cruise for Ozymandias.

Watchmen

Tom wanted to play Rorschach,” Snyder told the Happy Sad and Confused podcast.

But I certainly would have considered Tom in retrospect if I hadn’t had Jackie."

Watchmen, based on theDC Comicslimited series of the same name, hit theaters in 2009.

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To this day, Cruise has yet to star in a superhero movie.

Watchmen also, of course, has a Snyder Cut consisting of 24 minutes of additional footage.

Watchmen is streaming now on Max.

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