It’s inconceivable.
Tom Cruise is teaming up with Oscar-winning “The Revenant” director Alejandro González Iñárritu – and within the new “Digger” teaser, the “Mission: Inconceivable” actor appears unrecognizable.
Within the first trailer for the upcoming comedy, Cruise, 63, is simply proven in silhouette and from far-off. His face isn’t revealed. Nevertheless, his hair within the film is thinning and gray – a marked change from his typical full head of darkish hair.
Since Cruise has starred in motion motion pictures just like the “Mission: Inconceivable” franchise effectively into his sixth decade, he hasn’t embraced growing older, or enjoying characters who look or act like typical 60-something males. As an alternative, Cruise has been hanging off planes and driving bikes on the Olympics.
Taking part in a person who appears visibly older is a marked departure for the “Eyes Large Shut” actor.
It’s not with out precedent, nonetheless. Cruise beforehand threw apart his self-importance to play an chubby balding Harvey Weinstein-esque film mogul within the 2008 Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. film “Tropic Thunder.”
Within the trailer for “Digger,” Cruise swears cowboy boots and appears raveled, strutting round carrying a shovel. He appears to bop with the shovel, crouching with it and strolling alongside a fence.
“Let’s f***ing go!,” Cruise captioned an X put up revealing the teaser on Thursday. The film poster reads: “A comedy of catastrophic proportions.”
Little has been revealed in regards to the movie’s plot.
González Iñárritu advised Deadline at Cannes, “This can be a wild comedy of catastrophic proportions. It’s insane. He makes me giggle on daily basis. The vary that I found working with Tom is unprecedented for me as a director. I used to be so fu–king impressed and pleased.”
The director additionally beforehand gained an Oscar in 2015 for “The Revenant” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, and in 2016 for “Birdman” starring Michael Keaton.
That is his first English language film since “The Revenant,” and his first film since 2022’s “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” which was principally in Spanish.
Along with Cruise, “Digger” will star Jesse Plemons, Riz Ahmed, “Home of the Dragon” star Emma D’Arcy, and John Goodman.
“Digger” will hit theaters Oct. 2, 2026.
