Something that’s brought up in a new Happy Sad Confused podcast with “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning—Part One” star Hayley Atwell. The host of the podcast, Josh Horowitz, essentially says ‘Mission Impossible’ movies should not work.
10.07.2023 - 10:35 / foxnews.com
Tom Cruise has been a household name for decades with an incredible number of hit movies on his resume. From "Top Gun" to the "Mission: Impossible" series, and "Interview with the Vampire" to "Jerry Maguire," Cruise has cemented himself as one of the world's greatest movie stars.
Last summer, Cruise ruled the box office with "Top Gun: Maverick," which took in nearly $1.5 billion worldwide, and his new film"Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One" is set to be a massive hit when it premieres in theaters this week. Fox News Digital spoke with industry insiders about how he's managed to maintain his appeal for 40 years and counting.
According to Kathy Fielder, CEO of Thrive, Cruise is so popular because, "He’s familiar and you know what you’re going to get when you watch his movies.They’ll be entertaining and action packed. With a big budget and a beautiful love interest." She also commented on Cruise's penchant for starring in summer blockbusters, saying, "Tom Cruise owns the summer because he established himself as an A-list star early on and has consistently starred in movies that reiterate this stardom.
Any movie he signs up for is an instant blockbuster, evident through his success with ‘Top Gun.' He has the it factor that America loves to watch." Fielder, whose company handles marketing and branding among other things, added, "He maintains popularity with his established franchises still creating successful films, not to mention his ability to do his own stunts and still look good while he does them." Cruise's stunt work is always a big part of the conversation surrounding his work – at 61 years old, the star continues to perform even the most dangerous stunts. In a video shared to Paramount Pictures' YouTube
.Something that’s brought up in a new Happy Sad Confused podcast with “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning—Part One” star Hayley Atwell. The host of the podcast, Josh Horowitz, essentially says ‘Mission Impossible’ movies should not work.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One stars Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson have revealed the secret Morse Code meaning behind the franchise’s theme.Speaking to NME, the pair shared that they were recently made aware of the secret while appearing the Today FM show Dermot & Dave, hosted by Dermot Whelan and Dave Moore.“This is an amazing fact,” began Pegg. “Dave from Dermot & Dave, an Irish Radio show told us that when Lalo Schifrin wrote the original music, the theme, [he put in] two dashes, two dots [which translates to] ‘MI’,” the actor explained while sounding out the tune.“Stop it, it’s true!” interjected Ferguson, who was equally as excited to share the little-known fact.Lalo Schifrin, an Argentine composer, recorded the M:I theme in 1967.
Tom Cruise has proven to be one of the most daring actors in Hollywood. Throughout his career, Cruise has starred in many action movies, most notably the "Mission: Impossible" and "Top Gun" franchises.
“Mission: Impossible III” to prevent a college prankster from flying “insulting” airplane banners aimed at Tom Cruise and his controversial religion.Documents passed down from a reportedly former top Scientology executive to the Daily Mail include a letter from the church’s “Watchdog Committee” from its “Office of Special Affairs,” ordering someone named “Linda” and the church’s “Director/Commanding Officer in the Office of Special Affairs, International Division” to “find out everything you can about them and let me know at once.”The documents, published Thursday, claim that Stephen “Josh” Schofield, a then-21-year-old University of Central Florida student, raised about $3,500 on the online forum offtopic.com to “sabotage” the movie’s May 4, 2006, premiere at Grauman’s (now TCL) Chinese Theatre.Schofield had hired two airplanes to fly over the theater with banners reading: “The baby belongs to Xenu” — referring to Cruise and his then-partner Katie Holmes’ newborn daughter Suri — and “Hail Xenu (Heart) OT [Off Topic].”Xenu refers to the “galactic overlord” in Scientology’s mythology. Scientology’s chief spokesperson Karin Pouw told the Daily Mail that she had no knowledge of the incident and could not locate any documents.
Missions: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One stars Pom Klementieff and Vanessa Kirby were present when Tom Cruise performed one of the most dangerous stunts in cinema history – and they were understandably stunned.Speaking to NME, the pair explained how they watched Cruise drive a motorbike off the top of a cliff six times while shooting the franchise’s latest instalment. You can watch their full interview above.“It was mind-blowing,” said Klementieff, who stars in the film as French assassin Paris.Kirby, who reprises her role Alana Mitsopolis, added: “Everyone else was so nervous and fearful, and he wasn’t.
Tom Cruise is ready to go where no actor has gone before. The 61-year-old star offered a recent update on an exciting project that is planned to be filmed in outerspace. In 2020, it was revealed that Cruise was working with NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX on a movie that would be shot at the International Space Station.
"Spider-Man: No Way Home" star Tom Holland doesn’t want to be part of the Hollywood machine. In an interview on the "Jay Shetty Podcast," the actor explained his struggle to be a part of the business while maintaining his sense of self. "I really am a massive fan of making movies, but I really do not like Hollywood.
Madison LeCroy scored an invite to the Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One premiere — and she snagged a selfie with Ethan Hunt himself.
How does it feel to be on the receiving end of completely wild, baseless dating rumors? Hayley Atwell did NOT like it!
daredevil stunts can the silence the rumors about the “Mission: Impossible” star. From his sometimes abrasive perfectionism to his deep involvement with the Church of Scientology, Cruise, 61, prefers to keep public comments focused on his projects — leaving plenty of room for gossip about his personal life.But in recent interviews conducted with cast and crew around the upcoming “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning — Part One,” director Christopher McQuarrie revealed that there’s one dogged rumor that Cruise himself is happy to debunk.In a story in The Times, McQuarrie recalled asking Cruise for the “weirdest” story he’s heard about himself — the star revealed there was a rumor going around over the years that cast and crew members “were not allowed to look me in the eye.” Not true, said Cruise — an assertion backed up by co-worker McQuarrie.Additionally, while Cruise was seen getting frustrated on set in 2020, McQuarrie and co-star Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn) were quick to defend Cruise as the fun-loving, thrill-seeking guy.
wrote for TheWrap. “Lest we forget, he is one hell of a dramatic actor with the sharpest of blue-eyed stares, carrying the weight of a rootless character through several savagely emotional moments, one of them, genuinely heartbreaking.”Unlike past “Mission” films, “Dead Reckoning” has been divided into two parts, with the second part coming out in June 2024.
Tom Cruise turned 61 on Monday, but no one would know it from all the physically demanded stunts he does in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” And if the actor has his way, he’ll keep doing stunts like that for another couple of decades, like Harrison Ford in the “Indiana Jones” franchise. READ MORE: ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’ Review: The Humanity Behind Ethan Hunt’s Mask Is Finally Exposed In Exhilarating Part One As the seventh “Mission: Impossible” film hits theaters next week, Cruise has no plans to take it easy in the latter stages of his career.
Tom Cruise is just getting started. The 62 year old actor has been promoting her latest film, “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One,” his seventh time playing the iconic role of Ethan Hunt. In a new interview, Cruise revealed he wants to keep playing the role for 20 more years.
Tom Cruise has no plans to stop taking on impossible missions. The actor is looking to Harrison Ford and his recent role in as his goal for the future.Cruise celebrated his 61st birthday on July 3 by attending a premiere of at Darling Harbour’s International Convention Center in Sydney, Australia.The action star spoke with The Sydney Morning Herald at the event and admitted he wanted to keep making installments in the long-running franchise until he's at least Ford's age.«Harrison Ford is a legend; I hope to be still going. I’ve got 20 years to catch up with him,» shared Cruise.
Tom Cruise has said that he plans to still be making Mission: Impossible films when he’s 80.The 61-year-old action star, who reprises his role as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, said he has no plans to wrap up the franchise just yet.“Harrison Ford is a legend; I hope to be still going. I’ve got 20 years to catch up with him,” Cruise told The Sydney Morning Herald at the film’s Australian premiere, referring to the legendary actor’s role in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny. “I hope to keep making ‘Mission: Impossible’ films until I’m his age.”The seventh instalment in the Mission franchise, out July 10, has received numerous positive reviews, with critics praising it as an “impeccably made” action film that “does not stop entertaining”.A less positive three-star from NME, however, said that “staggering stunts can’t make up for the nonsensical plot”.It went on: “The problems come when Dead Reckoning tries to be too clever.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Sooner or later, Ethan Hunt will face a mission he really ought not to accept. But for the time being, he remains the one man on earth willing to attempt the impossible without questioning the motives of those who require his services. That’s the deal with America’s most dutiful boy scout, Tom Cruise, who’s carried the billion-dollar “Mission: Impossible” franchise across 27 years without losing steam. Compare that with Indiana Jones, who’s failed to connect with a younger generation, or the Fast and Furious movies, which aren’t running out of gas so much as guzzling the laughing sort. “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” finds Cruise, now in his sixties, still running from one side of a very big, very wide screen to the other as if his life — and the lives of all 8 billion people on earth — depended on it. This is Hunt’s seventh blockbuster outing, with a last franchise-capper set to release next summer, and while it can’t eclipse what came before (“Fallout” was the series high), director Christopher McQuarrie delivers a formidable concept and several hall-of-fame set-pieces while somehow also managing to tie the storylines back into these movies’ core mythology.
Tom Cruise turns 61 on Monday, marking more than four decades since he broke on to the Hollywood scene and started his ascension to the mega-famous movie star we know today.Born on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, New York, Cruise got his start in bit movie parts before a breakout year in 1983, in which he starred in and his breakthrough hit, But it was in the 1990s when Cruise began to hit his stride as box office magic. From 1992-96, he made history when he starred in five consecutive movies that grossed $100 million or more in the United States: and .His starring role as Ethan Hunt in has also been a blockbuster boon.
Tom Cruise took on a dangerous new sport for "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One." Cruise, 60, performs his own stunts and the actor chose speedflying for his latest film. Speedflying is similar to paragliding but uses a much smaller canopy and is "completely unpredictable," according to director Christopher McQuarrie. "To shoot these stunts for ‘Mission: Impossible,’ with Tom there are no limits, so we become a little bit more adventurous every time," McQuarrie noted.
Tom Cruise is proving he really can do anything.
Tom Cruise gave fans some insight into how he prepares for his iconic roles, including the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, in a new interview. Cruise, 60, revealed he works seven days a week, mostly acting and producing, but he also spends time training for the crazy stunts included in his films.