Tom Cruise hopes to keep doing Mission Impossible until he's 80

Tom Cruise hopes to keep doing Mission Impossible until he's 80

Tom Cruise hopes to keep doing Mission Impossible until he's 80

Tom Cruise hopes to keep making Mission Impossible well into his 80s, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One star Tom Cruise hints that he's willing to keep playing the thrill-seeking Ethan Hunt for a little while longer if he gets what he wants. Speaking with the Sydney Morning Herald during the film's Australian premiere, Cruise welcomed competition from Dead Reckoning Part One at the box office, including Indiana Jones and the Showcase of Destiny, Barbie and Oppenheimer.

While praising the three films and expressing his desire to see them, he saluted Harrison Ford, who paid his tribute to Indiana Jones at the age of 80. Cruise insists he would love to follow in Ford's footsteps and continue making Mission Impossible movies until he reaches Ford's age. “Harrison Ford is a legend; hope to continue; I have 20 years to reach it,” said Cruise. “I hope to keep making Mission Impossible movies until I'm his age. ”

Whether Cruise will be able to pull off more of his remarkable, death-defying stunts by Ford's age remains to be seen. However, after franchise director Christopher McQuarrie hinted that there could be a Mission: Impossible 9 after both installments of Dead Reckoning hit theaters, the possibility of Cruise continuing the action-packed series well into his 60s remains an open question. possibility. Cruise has starred as Hunt in every Mission: Impossible film since the original opened in 1996, with the series generating $3.57 billion in global ticket sales over its run.

Despite his age, Cruise took his stunt work to another level in Dead Reckoning Part One, to the point where his co-stars were worried he would make it out of the production alive. Fellow Mission: Impossible franchise mainstay Simon Pegg summed up how everyone involved in the film's production was concerned about Cruise's penchant for mind-blowing stunts, including jumping off cliffs on a motorcycle and hanging from moving trains.

Recently, Paramount Pictures released behind-the-scenes footage of one of Cruise's most challenging stunts, as he flew at high speeds for a key scene in Dead Reckoning Part One, a stunt that took years of training to perfect. Cruise praised Dead Reckoning Part One's competition throughout his promotion of the film, calling on moviegoers and the industry at large to support all of the big summer blockbusters shown this month.

The award-winning actor underlined his support by purchasing tickets for Destiny Display, Barbie and Oppenheimer, suggesting that the latter two films, which open on July 21, deserve a double feature. Though the competition is fierce, Dead Reckoning Part One In Dead Reckoning Part One, Hunt teams up with his fellow agents to tackle one of their most dangerous missions yet, tracking down a potentially catastrophic new weapon before it ends up in the wrong hands.

Hunt also faces demons from his past as he is confronted with the possibility of losing the people he loves while trying to complete the mission. Cruise stars in Dead Reckoning Part One alongside Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham, Hayley Atwell and Rebecca Ferguson. The film is the longest in the Mission Impossible series, clocking in at 2 hours and 45 minutes. It's on track to secure the franchise's best opening weekend box office, with the film already earning rave reviews from critics.