An Unrecognizable Tom Cruise Surprises Everyone in the Trailer for 'Digger'
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
After hanging from a plane mid-flight, free-falling on a motorcycle, or climbing the world's tallest building, Tom Cruise claims he has never done anything like 'Digger,' the upcoming film by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, whose first trailer was revealed this Monday. 'I’ve never had a project that challenged me this way, nor a director like Alejandro. When we embarked on this project, neither of us had experienced anything like it,' Cruise said during the trailer presentation to media at Warner Bros. studios, where EFE was present. The trailer features a nearly unrecognizable Cruise, with very little white hair, a belly, and holding a peculiar old cat, in the role of Digger, a mogul whose company apparently causes an ecological disaster that he must resolve himself. Sometimes in cowboy boots and a hat, and other times in silk pajamas wandering through an extravagant house with a mirror framed with deer horns and animal skin rugs, Digger is seen hurling insults and reproaches at his employees while chaos unfolds around him. 'Digger has really messed things up, and he’ll have to get us out of this,' John Goodman is heard saying in the role of a U.S. president, as catastrophic images of massive ice collapses, fires, and alerts about a potential nuclear war are interspersed. Known for performing his own stunts and being one of the biggest stars in the industry, Cruise assured that in this film he was able to use 'all the different skills I’ve developed over the years.' 'There’s nothing better than to be, physically and metaphorically, on the edge of a cliff and say: ‘Let’s do it. I trust you, and whatever we’re going to do, I know it’s going to be an amazing experience,' Cruise noted. The film marks Iñárritu's return to cinema since 'Bardo' (2022) and also represents his first collaboration with Cruise, who stated he had wanted to work with the director for decades. The actor recalled the impact of seeing 'Amores perros,' Iñárritu's debut, for the first time 25 years ago, praising the 'level of skill' and the risks taken in that film. Although Iñárritu was not present, the filmmaker sent a video message stating that Digger needed Cruise as obviously 'as asking why you drink water when you’re thirsty.' The Mexican added that, like Cruise, it took him his entire career to reach the moment of making a film like this. 'We both knew that throughout our careers, we had never done anything even remotely like this. Making this film demanded everything I had. I had never prepared a project with this level of precision,' said the four-time Oscar winner for films like 'Birdman' (2014) and 'Revenant' (2015). 'I think we both know what it means to condense an entire career into a single moment like this,' he added. The director is currently in London working on the film's sound mix, which will hit theaters on October 26 and also features Emmanuel 'El Chivo' Lubezki as director of photography. The trailer also includes the first images of Sandra Hüller and Riz Ahmed in what they describe as 'a comedy of catastrophic proportions.'
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