Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise’s stunt double, said, “In order to do my job, I have to ask myself: Who is Tom Cruise? What is Tom Cruise?”
From being in “Top Gun: Maverick” to being in “Mission: Impossible-Fallout,” Tom Cruise is a very famous movie star. Onscreen, Cruise is a strong actor, portraying many different characters and bringing movies to success. Offscreen, though, he is very private. When he was to describe his most memorable filmgoing experience, he said, “I love movies.” When he was asked which team he was rooting for at a baseball game, he said, “I’m a fan of baseball.”
Tom Cruise is extremely devoted to his movies. In “Top Gun: Maverick,” he demanded a minimum of computer-generated effects, forced himself through flight training, and even encouraged his co-stars to endure G-force speeds until they threw up. It would be easier and cheaper to do most of this in front of a green screen, but Cruise cares too much.
“Mission: Impossible,” directed by Brian De Palma, is based on a TV series that came out in the 1960s. As it yielded five sequels, which kept getting better and finished with “Mission: Impossible-Fallout,” and in the sequels, for our entertainment, he climbed the world’s tallest building, held his breath for six and a half minutes, and jumped out of an airplane. He even trained with a military specialist to help him hold his breath.
Many people look at Spider-Man, Thor, and Captain America rather than Tom Holland, Chris Hemsworth, and Chris Evans. With Tom Cruise, the relationship is the opposite. All the characters that he plays are just other names for him.
As a character, Cruise is outstanding, but as a person, he is unreadable. His inscrutability allows him to act out very different characters that exist almost only in his movies. Cruise is an extraordinary movie star because he continues to put more and more work into his movies.
From being in “Top Gun: Maverick” to being in “Mission: Impossible-Fallout,” Tom Cruise is a very famous movie star. Onscreen, Cruise is a strong actor, portraying many different characters and bringing movies to success. Offscreen, though, he is very private. When he was to describe his most memorable filmgoing experience, he said, “I love movies.” When he was asked which team he was rooting for at a baseball game, he said, “I’m a fan of baseball.”
Tom Cruise is extremely devoted to his movies. In “Top Gun: Maverick,” he demanded a minimum of computer-generated effects, forced himself through flight training, and even encouraged his co-stars to endure G-force speeds until they threw up. It would be easier and cheaper to do most of this in front of a green screen, but Cruise cares too much.
“Mission: Impossible,” directed by Brian De Palma, is based on a TV series that came out in the 1960s. As it yielded five sequels, which kept getting better and finished with “Mission: Impossible-Fallout,” and in the sequels, for our entertainment, he climbed the world’s tallest building, held his breath for six and a half minutes, and jumped out of an airplane. He even trained with a military specialist to help him hold his breath.
Many people look at Spider-Man, Thor, and Captain America rather than Tom Holland, Chris Hemsworth, and Chris Evans. With Tom Cruise, the relationship is the opposite. All the characters that he plays are just other names for him.
As a character, Cruise is outstanding, but as a person, he is unreadable. His inscrutability allows him to act out very different characters that exist almost only in his movies. Cruise is an extraordinary movie star because he continues to put more and more work into his movies.
