Tom Cruise has been up for many roles throughout his illustrious career, but one cult science fiction film that he campaigned hard for ended up being a box office disaster, despite deserving so much better. Kicking off his career in the early 80s, Tom Cruise has always been one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, with an impressive filmography to boot. Even then, there have been roles throughout Tom Cruise's career that he lobbied for, or was almost cast in, that never ended up working out.

There have been some major movies that Tom Cruise almost starred in, but didn't end up getting, including Ghost, Wall Street, A Beautiful Mind, Iron Man, The Shawshank Redemption, Goodfellas, and many more over his career. While these are all fantastic movies in their own right, there was another movie that Tom Cruise really wanted to star in, and was attached to...