Bu In China, Tom Cruise is known as "Beautiful Soup" and "Brother Tom", and he is an idol superstar similar to Andy Lau in Hollywood.
What many people don't know is that many years ago, Andy Lau deliberately imitated Tom Cruise in and out of the play. That was the most brilliant stage of Tom Cruise as an idol star. Even Andy Lau, known as the Chinese version of Tom Cruise, is a reputation.
Of course, Tom Cruise still has many labels and sayings, and these Chinese movie fans are no strangers. For example, he is one of the most powerful people in Hollywood. He is not only a star, but also a producer. Sometimes he influences the casting of actors, and he can even handle things that the director can't handle. In the Hollywood Power Rankings, the famed Vanity Fair, as a movie star, he can often rank at the top, far beyond what ordinary movie stars can compare to.
He is extremely popular at the box office and is deeply loved by filmmakers. In the early years in North America, he was able to turn ordinary feature films into mainstream commercial films one after another, and brought them into the billion-dollar club, so that in many cases, the promotional posters of the films only had his avatar. To date, his cumulative box office has exceeded $8 billion, making him the undisputed box office king on the planet.
He is also an inspirational idol. He is only 170cm tall. He was born in a poor family. He left home alone at the age of 18, traveled to New York, and traveled through various studios, just for a role. Initially, he boarded at a friend's house and worked as a handyman, but eventually made his mark. "Rising Clouds" was his real masterpiece. This not-so-great movie became the best recruiting advertisement in the United States at the time.
He has fallen from the peak to the bottom, believing in Scientology, divorce scandal, show jumping on the sofa, kissing Spielberg publicly, being disliked by Paramount, homosexuality... A series of negative events have reduced his popularity. At the bottom of the rock, he was even criticized by the public, but in the end, with "Mission Impossible 4", he became the king of Kuanglan, turned from an idol to a tough guy, and the king returned.
In recent years, many people have compared him with idol superstars such as Brad Pitt, Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and so on. The results show that the latter is far from reaching his former glory.
To sum it up in one sentence, even if his actor career ended there, he would still be a legend.
In many people's memories, Tom Cruise was an iconic star with an infinitely flattering face.
He has well-defined facial features and a charming smile. In the words of fans, he is "so handsome that he has no friends." Suri is the princess in the hearts of countless people, the second generation of the most shining star in the world, enjoying the street shooting treatment of first-line stars.
In Hollywood, to judge whether a first-line movie star is an idol star or not, there may be a standard adaptation: whether or not he has won a golden man.
It's a pity that he was nominated for an Oscar three times and got nothing. However, some people predict that he is destined to be the person who wants the golden man, because at least the lifetime achievement award cannot escape.
So far, his fans are often indignant, thinking that he is too handsome and cool, so his acting skills are often overlooked; because he is a national idol, his performance is always difficult to win the hearts of professional judges.
But no matter what, the disabled veteran in "Born on the Fourth of July", the ghostly Lester in "Interview with the Vampire", the stern Vincent in "Murder by Knife", the conceited Frank in "Magnolia", "Rain" The shrewd Charlie.... are regarded as successful interpretations and indelible screen classics.
In fact, his dedication and focus have won him respect, and he has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award 7 times and won 3 times. Among idol movie stars, this achievement has long been brilliant.
Moreover, he is not an idol without pursuit. Before "Mission Impossible" in 1996, he had not appeared in an action movie. Although, at that time, his action film appointments were constant and the remuneration was high, he was never moved, and he had a clear plan for his career.
He starred in "Rain Man" and "There Are Few Good People", and he was willing to be a green leaf, and he played with the best actor and learned from it; Destroy the image, just to find a breakthrough in performance.
As a leading actor, his films will be marked with a strong "Tom Cruise" label. Even so, he is not willing to repeat different screen images, so he starred in "Mr. Sweetheart", "Vanilla Sky", "Big Open" Vision", "Born on the Fourth of July", "Action Target Hitler", "Murder with a Knife" and other films. These films have good and bad reviews, but the characters are also completely different. It is hard to imagine that he is played by an idol star - Tom Cruise.
Therefore, even professional film critics may not recognize his performance, but they will definitely affirm his dedication; they can deny his achievements, but they will never deny his efforts.
In the "Mission Impossible" series, his dedication has been vividly reflected. Chasing trains, rock climbing, jumping high-rise buildings in Shanghai, climbing the Burj Khalifa, flying planes... For each of them, he has to personally go into battle, only to provide the audience with the most exciting sensory experience.
This kind of spirit of working hard for the play, its counterpart is Jackie Chan. In Disc 2, the rock climbing scene was actually filmed, which terrified the director John Woo; when Disc 4 climbed the Burj Khalifa, the insurance company did not agree and he fired the insurance company; Disc 5 actually filmed the plane and also scared the director. The last tens of seconds of footage in the group was shot 8 times, and every time it was life-threatening.
It wasn't just a publicity stunt, there were real dangers on his set. A few days ago, a plane crash occurred at the shooting site of his new film "Mena", resulting in 2 deaths and 1 injury.
To put it in a sensational way, he is a person who is filming with his life. Because of filming, he got various skills, such as flying, diving, skydiving, racing, and his level is quite good, and he even got a professional license.
"The director of running water, the iron-clad Atang." The Mission Impossible series is like his child. He is also the protagonist and producer. He needs to select directors and actors. For this sign, he goes all out every time. . And the hard work pays off, and the disc series makes him hot every time, proving that he is still the most powerful star in Hollywood.
Returning from a low point to a peak, Tom Cruise, who has been in his career for 30 years, is no longer young, he is no longer the darling of the media, he is no longer an idol of young people, his signature smile is no longer effective, he has to change, become an action tough guy.
From 2010 to the present, "Dangerous Spy", "Disc 4", "Lost in Battle", "Edge of Tomorrow", "Jack Reacher", "Disc 5", the upcoming "Jack Reacher" 2", "Mena", as well as the planned "Rising Cloud 2" and "Disc 6", without exception, he plays the image of an action tough guy.
When the old batch of action stars (Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis) got old and was no longer a box office call, no one expected that the once short idol star would carry the action big flag.
At the age of fifty, the facial muscles have slackened, and the muscles of the body no longer exist. Many people wonder: Why is he still so handsome in Disc 5?
When he came to China to promote Disc 5, he said that he hadn't considered retiring, and he wanted to make action movies until he was 90 years old, so the Mission: Impossible series was far from over.
But everything comes to an end one day. In the past, Disc 2 with the worst reputation could become the global box office champion of that year just by talking about Wu's violent aesthetics and his coolness; now, Disc 5, which has a good reputation, has regained the elegance of the old spy war movie, but it is not the same. It cannot satisfy most people, and the box office is far less than expected. In the end, the global box office can only be equal to Disc 4.
There is a day when the hero will end, and this day will only get closer.
Everything is proving that, although this is still his era, it is no longer his era.
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