No. 25 Vanilla Sky (2001) 12 of 100
This is a big budget and star studded affair in which Shannon merits 9 th billing, but barely gets a look in. He has a character name of ‘Aaron’ but has very little to do and says even less. I’m guessing a larger part was trimmed back somewhat but it must have been nice to be part of such a big production early in his career. This one came before ‘8 Mile’ and although I’ve yet to see all of his earlier films this must be his biggest to date, save maybe ‘Pearl Harbour’. Tom Cruise stars as a playboy magazine publisher in New York. He has a swanky apartment and a nice Ferrari. He was handed everything when his parents died, and apart from some boardroom issues, he’s living the high life. He has a buddy in ‘My Name Is Earl’s Jason Lee and a part-time lover in Cameron Diaz. Nice work if you can get it. The fun times are intercut with Tom being in prison accused of murder. He’s being interviewed by prison psychologist Kurt Russell and is being guarded by our man Shannon who ...