Tom Cruise is one of the biggest actors in history, and the man has had a career for the ages. He's had huge hits, has made millions of dollars, and still has upcoming releases that are sure to dominate the global box office.
In due time, Top Gun: Maverick, the highly-anticipated sequel to the 1980s classic, will be seen by worldwide audiences on the big screen. Tom Cruise had no intention of letting the film go straight to streaming, and he opened up about why that was not too long ago. We have all those details below!
Tom Cruise Is A Legend
When it comes to making hit movies for the big screen, few stars in cinema history have been as successful as Tom Cruise. He had a relatively modest start in the movie business, but once Cruise was given the opportunity to shine, he became one of Hollywood's most celebrated stars.
Risky Business was the film that really helped put Tom Cruise on the map, and this was all the way back in 1983. The actor would then dominate the rest of the decade with movies like Top Gun, The Color of Money, Rain Man, and Born on the Fourth of July.
The 1990s were just as kind to the actor, as he kicked things off with Days of Thunder, and starred in huge movies like Interview with the Vampire, Mission: Impossible, Jerry Maguire, and the more.
Still not impressed? Cruise has continued starring in colossal hits since the turn of the millennium, and at this point, he has nothing left to accomplish, save for an Oscar win.
Cruise is still starring in great movies, and his latest release is a film that has been over 35 years in the making.
He's Starring In 'Top Gun: Maverick'
This month, Top Gun: Maverick is finally hitting theaters after a series of delays. The film, which is a sequel to the 1986 classic, looks amazing, and Tom Cruise seems like he never left the role at all.
"Maverick follows Cruise’s hotshot fighter pilot several decades after the original 1986 film left off. The Joseph Kosinski-directed blockbuster sees Maverick called back to the Top Gun flight academy to train a new group of pilots — most notably the son of his former flight partner Goose: Rooster, played by Teller — for a dangerous mission that involves an underground stash of uranium that is a threat to global security," The Hollywood Reporter writes.
So far, the movie is getting incredible reviews by those that have had a chance to see it. It is receiving high praise for a number of different aspects, and the stunt work that is briefly shown in the previews certainly indicates that this movie is ramping things up from what fans saw in the original back in the 1980s.
For a while, people weren't sure whether this movie was actually going to hit the big screen or not. Come to find out, Tom Cruise had no intention of this movie being seen at home.
Tom Cruise Only Makes Films For The Big-Screen
Over the last couple of years, it has become increasingly more common to see movies hit streaming services straight out the gate instead of hitting the big screen. This was a route that Paramount could have taken with Top Gun: Maverick, but Tom Cruise made sure that this was never going to come into play.
According to Cruise, who spoke at Cannes, "That’s not going to happen. Ever. I’ve spent a lot of time with theater owners. The people that serve the popcorn, the ones who make this [happen]."
Cruise also let movie theater owners know, "Please, I know what you’re going through. Just know we are making ‘Mission: Impossible’ and ‘Top Gun’ is coming out.”
These are strong words, and clearly, the actor has no interest in his movies going straight to streaming.
He punctuated his speech with, "I make movies for the big screen."
Slowly but surely, more and more movies are seeing bigger returns at the box office, and this is definitely good news for upcoming releases. The straight-to-streaming model definitely worked for some movies, but others are clearly meant to be seen on the big screen, and this is precisely why Cruise make sure that Top Gun: Maverick was heading to theaters.
Given the rave reviews that the film is getting, Top Gun: Maverick is worth the price of admission and popcorn to experience on the big screen.
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