“It's crazy.” Tom Cruise presented the film for which he says it took him four decades of acting
Tom Cruise said it took four decades of his acting career to get to the point where he could play the eccentric oil tycoon, the main character in the upcoming black comedy “Digger”, reports Reuters.
Cruise showed the first images from the film at the CinemaCon convention of movie theater owners in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
They showed the 63-year-old actor transformed into the character Digger Rockwell, an older man with sparse gray hair, a beer belly, a Southern accent and a penchant for cats.
In the film, Rockwell accidentally causes an ecological disaster that brings the world to the brink of nuclear war, before rushing to try to save the planet.
Tom Cruise: “The movie is crazy”
“It took me 40 years to be able to step into the shoes of Digger Rockwell and play the many facets of this character.
“The movie is crazy, it's funny, and I can't wait for you all to see it,” Cruise said. The Warner Bros. film will open in theaters in October. Cruise was joined on stage by the film's director, four-time Oscar winner Alejandro Inarritu.
The director of “Birdman” and “The Revenant” said he and Cruise first discussed the film seven years ago.
Cruise, who was filming “Top Gun: Maverick” at the time, said he was an admirer of Inarritu's films and sped up to the director's house on his motorcycle when he asked to meet.
“We know he's fearless: the stunts, the planes, the jumps,” Inarritu said of Cruise. “But I have to say, in my opinion, it's a different kind of courage. This might be the most challenging role for him. It was a real tightrope walk,” he added.
