Tom Cruise has been known to be very dare-devilish when it comes to acting out his own stunts in movies, however, it seems he is ready to take it once step further and up the ante.
Just when you thought Tom Cruise achieved his greatest possible cinematic triumph with the success of the Top Gun sequel, the blockbuster star comes up with an idea that is, quite literally, out of this world.
Cruise, 60, has teamed up with The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman on a movie pitch that involves filming in space, which was first tabled in 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic halted plans.
Cruise and Liman are said to have reached out to Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) on an idea which will see the actor take a rocket up to the International Space Station.
“I think Tom Cruise is taking us to space, he’s taking the world to space,” UFEG Chairman Donna Langley said. “That’s the plan. We have a great project in development with Tom. Taking a rocket up to the Space Station and shooting.”
Langley went on to reveal, “Most of the movie would be shot on earth, culminating in the character going up to space to save the day. I’m hopeful that Cruise will become the first civilian to do a space walk outside of the space station.”
If the film gets off the ground, Cruise would be the first movie star to shoot in outer space on the International Space Station.
Cruise was recently asked at the Cannes Film Festival why he chooses to forgo a stunt actor, reportedly responding: “No one asked Gene Kelly, ‘Why do you dance?’”
Most fans have nothing but appreciation for Cruise, who has been working in Hollywood since the early ’80s, is at a fever pitch after the huge success of the long-awaited sequel, Top Gun: Maverick.
It became the fifth highest-grossing film in Australia just a few weeks after its May release, having since rocketed to third place and notched over $1.4 billion at the global box office.
