Tom Cruise Confirms Intense On-Set Style at 64, Teases $18 Trillion-Risk Film

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 15

Cruise said in a GQ cover interview that the long-running rumors are accurate: he is demanding on set, expects a lot from collaborators and tells them upfront what they are signing up for.
The 64-year-old said that intensity is constant rather than performative, describing it as a lifelong trait driven by curiosity, preparation and a push to master every part of filmmaking.
Cinema, he said, remains distinct from TV and streaming because it brings audiences together in a shared room, even as he said he has "nothing against" Netflix, cable or television.
Years of preparation, constant study and a taste for risk also shape his stunt-heavy career, which has included cliff jumps and aircraft sequences that he framed as part of seeing life as an adventure.
That mindset carries into "Digger," Alejandro G. Iñárritu's upcoming film in which Cruise plays an oil magnate tied to an $18 trillion catastrophe—his first major starring role in years outside "Top Gun" and "Mission: Impossible."