As long as nothing goes wrong, Tom Cruise wants to accept Mission: Impossibles in his 80s
Tom Cruise, who drives a motorcycle off a mountain in the latest Mission: Impossible, wants to keep making these when he’s 80
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Indestructible actor Tom Cruise isn’t going to let a little thing like the human body stop him from wowing audiences with the terrific derring-do of one Ethan Hunt. Having survived making seven impossible missions, Cruise will likely live forever, and he plans on rubbing it in our faces. For example, the guy says he wants to make Mission: Impossible movies when he’s 80. Presumably inspired by Disney shuffling its feet to get a fifth Indiana Jones movie out the door before Harrison Ford’s 81st birthday next week, Cruise tells the Sydney Morning Herald that he hopes to be making these movies when he’s Ford’s age.
“Harrison Ford is a legend; I hope to be still going; I’ve got 20 years to catch up with him,” Cruise said. “I hope to keep making Mission: Impossible films until I’m his age.”
Of course, given the less-than-rosy box office performance of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, who knows what the future holds for 80-something action heroes. On its sixth day of release, Dial Of Destiny lost its spot atop the box office to Sound Of Freedom, a right-wing indie about sex trafficking. That probably shouldn’t be happening to a movie with the words Indiana Jones in the title.
Until recently, many assumed Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One to be the first half of the series conclusion, with Part Two wrapping up the story of the now 59-year-old superspy (Cruise is 61) next year. That said, if Cruise is willing to throw himself off a building, dive into a volcano, or ride the loop-de-loop waterslide at Action Park for our viewing pleasure when he’s 80, we’ll happily watch. But also, if he wants to make a different kind of movie when he’s that old, we’d understand. Life is very tiring.
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Anyway, aside from “because it would be funny,” I don’t really want to see Cruise lurching around in his 70s trying to be action guy. I’d prefer if he put his effort into finding someone younger to take over as the franchise lead, and then spend a movie transitioning into that person taking over.
When has Tom Cruise ever shown any interest in mentoring or sharing the spotlight with anyone?
Hey, I didn’t say it was likely.
Honestly, it seemed like there was a second there when they cast Jeremy Renner in one of those M:Is in the past, but I guess that was a weird smokescreen.
With that Bourne movie he did it seems like he’s Hollywood’s go-to guy for when you kinda but don’t really need someone to replace the star of your action franchise.
It wasn’t so much a smokescreen, as the studios original plan. But then Cruise basically had them rework the script so that it became very clear that Renner was not gonna replace him.
Plus Jeremy Renner’s not that much younger than Cruise anyway.
Seriously. I think of all those older movies where he was the young initiate accepting guidance. You’d think he’d want to be That Guy. Knows his own limitations?
Any one of those films would likely make a good sequel that way. Heck, he could make a sequel to the Color of Money and turn that series into a trilogy.
Submit that screenplay!
Can Tom Cruise do action movies in his 80s?Well, it depends.
Movie magic makes anything possible!
Depend(s), you know, like the adult diaper.
Mission: Impossible XXIV – So Very Tired
Mission Impossible XXV: Get off my lawn!
In the header picture, Tom is standing next to the word “Dead” and laughing.Cruise, you magnificent bastard.
“Death in Scientology is known as “dropping the body.” According to Scientology theory, when a person dies, he (the thetan, or spirit) has been pre-programmed to “return” to an “implant station” out in space. In the implant station, the thetan will have all memories from the most recent lifetime electronically erased, and then the thetan will be sent back to earth to “pick up a new body,” or start another life.” https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/wakefield/christians.html.I think he really believes this stuff. He’s probably got his new human suit all tailored – taller probably.
Also, under the words “Mission: Imp,” so maybe he’s really laughing at all the short jokes.
When he talks about nothing going wrong he means as long as he doesn’t get tied to any of the horrific crimes Scientology is doing right now.
Ha. I was just thinking of Indiana Jones as I read the title because, since Hunt never seems to have sex (or relationships), he also obviously doesn’t have kids and how can you be a sarcastic old fart in your movie franchise if you don’t have some young kid to play off of? They fixed that by sneaking a child into Jone’s life.
It’s creepy but also ok that Cruise doesn’t do sex scenes, just as Tom Hanks doesn’t since I don’t like either and don’t need to see them doing that. Anyway, do what you want Cruise. I expect if you have a fatal accident they’ve already cloned you anyway. We’re stuck with you.
Maybe he’s banking on the de-aging CGI to be much better by than.
His real face somehow already looks like de-aging CGI.