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New Indian Express
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Kenneth Branagh says Tom Cruise is an 'underestimated' actor
LONDON: Actor-director Kenneth Branagh believes 'Mission: Impossible' star Tom Cruise is more than just a movie star and is often "underestimated" in terms of his acting ability. Cruise is looking forward to the release of 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning', the eighth installment in the popular spy action franchise. Branagh, who featured alongside Cruise in the 2008 historical thriller 'Valkyrie', praised the Hollywood icon for his contribution to cinema with 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Top Gun' film franchises. "If he ever tires of wowing the world with action, he's going to surprise those who view him as only a movie star. What he's done with 'Mission' and 'Top Gun' is unique, cinematic entertainment with a serious intent to give you a wonderful time at the movies. But he's an underestimated actor, for whom a golden age of performance beckons," Branagh told The Times of London newspaper. The British filmmaker said Cruise, also known for 'Jerry Maguire', 'Days of Thunder', 'A Few Good Men', 'The Firm', and 'Eyes Wide Shut', likes to visit pubs and is gracious when spotted in the UK. "He finds a quiet corner, enjoys the atmosphere and is always gracious when he gets spotted. He's a natural giggler and just enjoys what he does so much and that's infectious," he said. Cruise will soon be honoured with the BFI Fellowship, the most prestigious award bestowed on an actor or producer by the British Film Institute. "I'm truly honoured. I've been making films in the UK for over 40 years and have no plans to stop, he previously said. 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning', also produced by Cruise, is slated to be released in May.
Perth Now
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Tom Cruise is 'an underestimated actor', Sir Kenneth Branagh says
Tom Cruise is "an underestimated actor", according to Sir Kenneth Branagh. The 62-year-old star is set to be honoured with the BFI Fellowship - the most prestigious honour bestowed by the British Film Institute - and his 'Valkyrie' cast mate thinks that the Hollywood legend deserves to be thought of as more than just a "movie star". Branagh told The Sunday Times newspaper: "If he ever tires of wowing the world with action, he's going to surprise those who view him as only a movie star. "What he's done with 'Mission (Impossible)' and 'Top Gun' is unique - cinematic entertainment with a serious intent to give you a wonderful time at the movies. But he's an underestimated actor - for whom a golden age of performance beckons." Cruise has made a number of blockbusters in the UK and Branagh revealed that the star enjoys getting to spend time in Britain. The 64-year-old actor and filmmaker said: "He's a honorary Brit now - with a handy line in Cockney rhyming slang. "In the UK he enjoys respect but a lack of fuss. I've been to the pub with him a few times. He finds a quiet corner, enjoys the atmosphere and is always gracious when he gets spotted. "He's a natural giggler and just enjoys what he does so much and that's infectious. I have quietly observed his interactions with crew and he's always the same - direct, easy, upbeat, humble, the same fella at all times. This country responds to that." Cruise described how he was "truly honoured" to be receiving the BFI accolade. The 'Collateral' star said: "I'm truly honoured. I've been making films in the UK for over 40 years and have no plans to stop." BFI chief executive Ben Roberts explained that the organisation wanted to acknowledge Cruise's "extraordinary contribution" to the British film industry with the honour. He explained: "We want to recognise his extraordinary contribution to our industry, having made so many films here in the past 20 years. "The sheer scale of the big-budget, complex productions he has brought to the UK is a major investment in the UK's craft. He demonstrates that we have the capability to make enormous movies here, against a backdrop of iconic landmarks and landscapes. "The films he's made in the UK have spent hundreds of millions of pounds and created jobs." Cruise will once again reprise his role as agent Ethan Hunt in the upcoming movie 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' and his co-star Simon Pegg revealed that the high-octane stunts he does in the film "just beggar belief". The 55-year-old actor, who returns as the technician Benji Dunn, said: "For me, it was my favourite of the six 'Missions' that I filmed. It was my favourite to shoot. "We were in the Arctic; we were in South Africa. The stunts Tom is doing just beggar belief. I mean, really, really dumb s***."
Mint
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Kenneth Branagh says Tom Cruise is an underestimated actor
London, Apr 28 (PTI) Actor-director Kenneth Branagh believes "Mission: Impossible" star Tom Cruise is more than just a movie star and is often "underestimated" in terms of his acting ability. Cruise is looking forward to the release of "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning", the eighth installment in the popular spy action franchise. Branagh, who featured alongside Cruise in the 2008 historical thriller "Valkyrie", praised the Hollywood icon for his contribution to cinema with "Mission: Impossible" and "Top Gun" film franchises. "If he ever tires of wowing the world with action, he's going to surprise those who view him as only a movie star. What he's done with 'Mission' and 'Top Gun' is unique, cinematic entertainment with a serious intent to give you a wonderful time at the movies. But he's an underestimated actor, for whom a golden age of performance beckons," Branagh told The Times of London newspaper. The British filmmaker said Cruise, also known for "Jerry Maguire", "Days of Thunder", "A Few Good Men", "The Firm", and "Eyes Wide Shut", likes to visit pubs and is "gracious" when spotted in the UK. "He finds a quiet corner, enjoys the atmosphere and is always gracious when he gets spotted. He's a natural giggler and just enjoys what he does so much and that's infectious," he said. Cruise will soon be honoured with the BFI Fellowship, the most prestigious award bestowed on an actor or producer by the British Film Institute. "I'm truly honoured. I've been making films in the UK for over 40 years and have no plans to stop,' he previously said. "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning", also produced by Cruise, is slated to be released in May. First Published: 28 Apr 2025, 10:35 AM IST
Buzz Feed
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
What's A Really Awful Scandal Hollywood Just Casually Forgot About But You Can Never Forget?
Tragedies and scandals happen in Hollywood more often than studios, producers, and the media would like to admit. And often, these stories get brushed under the rug, remembered by only a maybe that's you! Warning: Mentions of child molestation, rape, and other dark subject matter ahead. For example, maybe you CANNOT believe people never talk about the fact that Jeepers Creepers writer-director Victor Salva is a convicted child molester and rapist who was able to continue making films, even for Disney, even after his conviction. According to IndieWire, "The 59-year-old was convicted in 1988 of the sexual molestation of Nathan Forrest, the 12-year-old actor and star of his film Clownhouse. Salva videotaped the sexual act and was also convicted of possessing commercial videotapes and magazines containing child pornography. Salva only served 15 months of his three-year sentence, and he somehow went on to have a career in Hollywood in the years that followed. Disney hired him to direct their supernatural drama Powder, and Salva found his greatest success with Jeepers Creepers the 2001 horror film that spawned a franchise." Or maybe you can't believe more people don't know about the tragic story of Gabriella Cedillo, an extra on the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011). She sustained permanent brain damage after the car she was driving for a scene involving a stunt was hit by a large piece of metal. Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service via Getty Images According to ABC7: "Gabriela Cedillo was just finishing college in September 2010 when the car she was driving in a Transformers 3 scene was struck by a piece of metal. It was attached to a tow cable to flip a stunt car in the westbound lanes of Cline Avenue in Hammond. Instead, the metal bar broke free, and it smashed through her windshield into the right side of her head." In 2012, Cedillo received an $18.5 million settlement from the film's producers. Or, perhaps, you'll never forget the fact that Kenneth Branagh cheated on then-wife Emma Thompson with Helena Bonham Carter in 1995. Georges De Keerle / Getty Images According to the Independent, "After two years of dating, Thompson and Branagh married on Aug. 20, 1989. [...] The relationship didn't last, and the couple ultimately announced their separation in 1995. It was later revealed that Branagh was having an affair with Helena Bonham Carter." "Thompson would go on to tell the New Yorker that the real reason for the divorce was her discovery that Branagh had started a relationship with Bonham Carter, who was starring in his film Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. "I was utterly, utterly blind to the fact that he had relationships with other women on set," she told the outlet. "What I learned was how easy it is to be blinded by your own desire to deceive yourself.'" So, tell us, what's a shocking, dark, or wild Hollywood scandal that truly got swept under the rug — one that people seem to have forgotten about? Tell us in the comments below or via this anonymous form and you could be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community
