The Quaid Cruise Hathaway Saga: A Cautionary Tale of Hollywood's Partisan Divide Randy Quaid's recent Twitter outburst, in which he criticized Tom Cruise for choosing Anne Hathaway as his co star in the upcoming Days of Thunder sequel, has ignited a heated debate about casting choices and politics in Hollywood.
Beneath the surface level squabble between two actors with differing opinions lies a more insidious issue: the increasingly partisan nature of Hollywood's casting decisions.
Quaid's comments were characteristic of his bombastic style, but they also raised important questions about the intersection of art and politics in the entertainment industry.