Executing the “Mission: Impossible” stunts is dangerous enterprise for an actor at any age.
However 62-year-old Tom Cruise says he needs to maintain pushing the bounds till he’s within the triple digits.
When requested Sunday on the New York premiere of “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” a few comment he made two years prior that he hopes to proceed his movie profession till he’s Harrison Ford’s age, 82, the actor took it an enormous step additional.
“I actually said I’m going to make movies into my 80s,” he advised the Hollywood Reporter. “Actually, I’m going to make them into my 100s.”
Cruise, who performs the lion’s share of his personal stunts onscreen, added, “I will never stop. I will never stop doing action, I will never stop doing drama, comedy films. I’m excited.”
The “Top Gun: Maverick” star definitely hasn’t eased up in “The Final Reckoning.” Within the movie, Cruise death-defyingly clings to a biplane whereas it’s midair, performs bruising fights and a paralyzing underwater sequence.
For now, the workload appears good on him.
In a 3 ½-star evaluate, The Submit mentioned the athletic actor comes off as “more of a high school senior than a senior citizen.”
Cruise additionally reportedly maintains a strict weight loss plan to remain match, consuming 15 snacks per day quite than three conventional meals and noshing on steamed fish and greens sans oil or sauce. He’s mentioned to work out 5 days every week.
However as soon as he’s about to do any stunt, he piles on the energy. Earlier than the biplane feat, he mentioned he ate a “massive breakfast.”
Whereas a 100-year-old performer is uncommon in Hollywood, actors at the moment are working nicely into their 90s.
Final 12 months, June Squibb starred within the assisted-living action-comedy “Thelma” at 94. Rita Moreno starred within the road-trip flick “80 for Brady” at 91. And Clint Eastwood’s most up-to-date movie the place he acted, 2021’s “Cry Macho,” hit theaters as he was turning 90.
On the premiere, Cruise did insist that wherever his skills land, they doubtless gained’t be used for future “Mission: Impossible” films.
“It’s the final!,” he mentioned. “It’s not called ‘final’ for nothing.”
However, the actor just lately advised the “Today Show Australia,” he’s pondering sequels to a few of his hottest movies.
“Yeah, we’re thinking and talking about many different stories and what could we do and what’s possible,” Cruise mentioned. “It took me 35 years to figure out ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, so all of these things we’re working on, we’re discussing ‘Days of Thunder’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’ ”
