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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tom Cruise: ‘All the Great' Actors Should Know the Technical Elements of Filmmaking
Tom Cruise is sharing his advice to fellow actors: Become a filmmaker. The 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' star and producer said, while receiving the coveted British Film Institute Fellowship (via Times of London), that it is imperative for actors to understand the below the line elements of filmmaking to better their own craft. Cruise even pointed to how fellow stars such as Marlon Brando worked with the camera. 'I always tell actors: spend time in the editing room, produce a movie, study old movies, recognize what the composition is giving you, know what those lenses are, understand the lighting and how to use it for your benefit,' Cruise said. 'Understand the art form to that degree. Brando absolutely understood lighting; all the greats did.' More from IndieWire Neon Names Ryan Werner President of Global Cinema, Courtney Ott Replacing Him as Head of Cinetic Marketing Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser Team Up to Steal an Indigenous Artifact in 'Americana' Trailer Cruise further pointed to how film schools do not widely teach production tools and filmmaking technology to acting majors. 'It is important to understand the tools around you,' Cruise said. 'There is tech. It is like understanding the stage as an actor but for a lot of artists, it is not taught in film school: How to understand the lens and what it can do, and why there is eye movement and recognize the effect it has.' Cruise, as his co-star and mentee Glen Powell shared in 2024, has his own six hour film school for colleagues. Powell told GQ UK that Cruise explained how cameras worked in the custom tutorial. 'He said, 'This is just for my friends',' Powell said. '[In the video Cruise] is like: 'Do we all agree that this is what a camera is? This is the difference between a film camera and a digital camera…' The funniest part is on flying. It was like he put together this entire flight school. So he would literally go, 'OK, this is what a plane is. Here's how things fly. Here's how air pressure works.'' Of course, for those who aren't part of Cruise's famous six hour film school, auteur Werner Herzog has another way to encourage aspiring artists to learn about filmmaking. Herzog hosts an 11-day workshop that he deemed a 'film school for rogues,' and recently told CBS that he tells attendees to embrace their rebellious nature to make features. 'You do not become a poet by being in a college. […] You have to go outside of what the norm is,' he said. 'You have to have a certain amount of, I say, good criminal energy [to make a film.] [Filmmaking is] not for the faint-hearted.' Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
Scottish Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Daring Tom Cruise, 62, in latest risky stunt as he scales roof of UK cinema for selfie to promote new film
HOLLYWOOD star Tom Cruise scales new heights for a selfie. The US actor clambered onto the roof of the 82ft BMI Imax cinema — home to Britain's biggest screen — in a stunt to promote his latest film. 2 Tom was spotted on the roof of the 82ft BMI Imax cinema in London — home to Britain's biggest screen — in a stunt to promote his latest film Credit: Splash 2 Tom can be seen on the roof of the cinema, which had a huge wrap-around poster promoting Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which is set for release next week Credit: Goff Wrapped around the building in Waterloo, South London, was a giant advert for the movie, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which is set for release next week. The 62-year-old Top Gun star was in the capital to receive an honorary British Film Institute Fellowship, the organisation's highest award. Yesterday, The Sun told how Tom has been splashing the cash to impress his new girlfriend, 37-year-old Bond actress Ana de Armas. He spent £8,662 just taking her to Heathrow Airport at the weekend so she could catch a flight to New York. READ MORE SHOWBIZ NEWS LESS POSH Victoria Beckham ditches glam for a tracksuit in NYC with David amid family feud He chartered his own £1million helicopter to take her from central London to Heathrow Airport at a cost of £4,850. Tom then spent a further £3,812 getting her into the airport's VIP Windsor Suite. The £8,662 he spent was more than double the cost of her first class British Airways ticket across the pond. A source said: 'Tom wants Ana to know she can have the best of the best and doesn't think twice about the bill."
The Irish Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Daring Tom Cruise, 62, in latest risky stunt as he scales roof of UK cinema for selfie to promote new film
HOLLYWOOD star Tom Cruise scales new heights for a selfie. The US actor clambered onto the roof of the 82ft BMI Imax cinema — home to Britain's biggest screen — in a stunt to promote his latest film. Advertisement 2 Tom was spotted on the roof of the 82ft BMI Imax cinema in London — home to Britain's biggest screen — in a stunt to promote his latest film Credit: Splash 2 Tom can be seen on the roof of the cinema, which had a huge wrap-around poster promoting Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which is set for release next week Credit: Goff Wrapped around the building in Waterloo, South London, was a giant advert for the movie, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which is set for release next week. The 62-year-old Top Gun star was in the capital to receive an honorary British Film Institute Fellowship, the organisation's highest award. Yesterday, The Sun told how Tom has been splashing the cash to impress his new girlfriend, 37-year-old Bond actress Ana de Armas. He spent £8,662 just taking her to Heathrow Airport at the weekend so she could catch a flight to New York. Advertisement READ MORE SHOWBIZ NEWS He chartered his own £1million helicopter to take her from central London to Heathrow Airport at a cost of £4,850. Tom then spent a further £3,812 getting her into the airport's VIP Windsor Suite. The £8,662 he spent was more than double the cost of her first class British Airways ticket across the pond. A source said: 'Tom wants Ana to know she can have the best of the best and doesn't think twice about the bill." Advertisement Most read in Celebrity Tom Cruise & Ana de Armas: The new Hollywood power couple heats up
