- Tom Cruise is teaming up with Quentin Tarantino and Alejandro Iñárritu for new movies, a big change from his typical action franchises.
- Cruise’s decision to work with these renowned directors marks a significant shift in his career trajectory after a decade of familiar collaborations.
- Partnering with Tarantino and Iñárritu could showcase new sides of Tom Cruise as an actor and potentially lead to his first Oscar win.
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Tom Cruise has lined up two new movie roles that pair him with directors Quentin Tarantino and Alejandro Iñárritu, allowing him to break a 10-year trend. The A-list action star has spent much of the last few decades attaching himself to action franchises like Mission: Impossible and Top Gun. This has turned him into one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but a new page in his career appears to be on the horizon. With reports that Mission: Impossible 8 will see Tom Cruise exit the franchise, he has spent the last few years lining up a plethora of new projects.
The latest additions to Tom Cruise’s upcoming movies include partnerships with Quentin Tarantino and Alejandro Iñárritu. Cruise is reportedly closing in on a supporting role in Tarantino’s tenth and final film, The Movie Critic. He is reportedly going so far as to rearrange his schedule to make the collaboration possible. Following this news, it was then revealed that Cruise would star in Iñarritu’s next movie, which will be his first English-language feature since The Revenant. Working with these Oscar-winning auteurs is inherently exciting, but it is even more so after how the actor has spent the last decade.
RelatedTom Cruise’s possible casting in The Movie Critic is great news for many reasons, but chiefly among them, it can redeem a past missed opportunity.
Tom Cruise Has Only Worked With Familiar Directors For The Last 10 Years
Tom Cruise’s decision to pursue working with Quentin Tarantino and Alejandro Iñárritu marks a drastic change from his recent approach. He has spent the last 10 years appearing in movies made by directors he’s already worked with in some capacity. 2014’s Edge of Tomorrow, directed by Doug Liman, was the last time Cruise appeared in a movie with a first-time collaborator. Throughout the course of the next 10 years and seven completed movies, the actor decided not to step outside his comfort zone and put his faith in a new director.
Christopher McQuarrie emerged as Tom Cruise’s most trusted collaborator during this stretch. He directed three Mission: Impossible movies over the last decade, has Mission: Impossible 8 on the horizon, and plans for at least three more new films. Cruise also did 2017’s The Mummy with Alex Kurtzman after previously working together on Mission: Impossible III, which Kurtzman wrote. He then reteamed with Doug Liman on American Made the same year. He also has a space movie and Edge of Tomorrow 2 in development with Liman. Top Gun: Maverick marked an Oblivion reunion between Cruise and director Joseph Kosinski.
Joseph Kosinski and Tom Cruise are expected to work together again on Top Gun 3.
Tom Cruise’s decision to break his career trend by working with Quentin Tarantino and Alejandro Iñárritu is an exciting change of pace for him. It not only gets him away from action franchises, but both directors can test him as an actor in ways he has not been challenged in recent years. There is even a good chance that either of these projects could finally bring Tom Cruise his first acting Oscar win. Tarantino and Iñárritu have a history of getting the most out of their actors, so Tom Cruise could deliver fresh and bold performances under their direction.
