Fans of Zack Snyder's cult classic "Watchmen" likely can't imagine any other actors in the key roles, but Tom Cruise once hoped to join its cast.

Imagining an alternate universe where Tom Cruise played a character in Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ is quite intriguing. While Matthew Goode ultimately secured the part of Ozymandias, it’s interesting to ponder what could have been if Cruise had taken on the role of the super-confident hero in the ensemble cast where he would stand out as

While Tom Cruise has plenty of blockbusters under his belt, the actor has not gotten to work in the superhero and comic book sandbox despite multiple opportunities to. One of those potential opportunities was none other than Zack Snyder's Watchmen which, according to the director, Cruise passed on over a disagreement on which role he would play.

Snyder says he tried to get the A-list star to play the film's villain, but talks stalled when Cruise wanted to play Rorschach instead. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, filmmaker Zack Snyder looked back at his 2009 Watchmen adaptation -- and confirmed that some of the biggest names in Hollywood were circling it at one point or another.

Zack Snyder recently was a guest on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, and during that interview, he revealed an interesting bit of casting trivia for Watchmen . Snyder shared that he wanted to cast Tom Cruise in the role of Ozymandias,