Tom Cruise will go to the Cannes Film Festival after 30 years: Is the sixtieth year still “Top Gun”?
China News Agency, Cannes, May 19th: Tom Cruise will go to the Cannes Film Festival after 30 years: Is the annual sixtieth still “Top Gun”?
The famous American movie star Tom Cruise is about to celebrate his 60th birthday in a blink of an eye. On the 18th local time, in his sixtieth year, he once again came to the Cannes Film Festival to attend the premiere of his new film “Top Gun 2: The Lone Ranger” starring him.
The Cannes Film Festival is no stranger to Tom Cruise. Thirty years ago, he attended the Cannes Film Festival with the premiere of “Ambition in the Land,” starring his then-wife Nicole Kidman. He was 30 years old at the time, beautiful on the side, and famous. 30 years later, when he returned to the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival again, he was already a different person, and he must have a very different mood.
Tom Cruise looked more composed, more restrained, with little to no strong emotion to be seen. In the face of crazy photographers, he copes with ease and has a degree of retraction. The reporter saw that outside the Palais des Festivals in downtown Cannes, where the premiere was held, a large number of fans were already waiting under the scorching sun, looking forward to taking a photo with Tom Cruise and getting his autograph.
Tom Cruise still has a huge box-office appeal that many of his contemporaries can’t match. Stars such as Mel Gibson and Bruce Willis have gradually faded out; Nicolas Cage has smashed his own brand by taking on many poorly-reviewed films. Most of the films starring Tom Cruise have a good reputation. He is also very dedicated. The most important thing is to have a good box office guarantee.
According to statistics, more than 30 films starring Tom Cruise have earned $8.5 billion at the global box office, and his new film “Top Gun 2: The Lone Ranger” is expected to fetch $390 million in the United States alone. .
The Cannes Film Festival designated the 18th as “Tom Cruise Day”, and specially produced a short video to review Tom Cruise’s more than 40 years of film career. One of Tom Cruise’s best-known early works was 1986’s Top Gun, with which he established himself in Hollywood. He also starred in “Magnolia”, “Eyes Wide Shut” and other films in his early years, also showing his talent outside of action movies. In this century, he began to take on a large number of action-adventure films, usually playing the hero role in the play, which is also better known.
Tom Cruise hasn’t given up on action movies because of his age. Instead, he seems to be more focused on action movies, with the next three years of starring in movies focused on series or sequels, such as Mission: Impossible Parts 7 and 8, Edge of Tomorrow 2, and more. “Top Gun 2” is still strictly an action movie that requires Tom Cruise to fly the plane himself, and the main line of the film is still based on the heroic story of the character played by Tom Cruise.
However, starring in an action movie takes a lot of energy and stamina, and time isn’t on Tom Cruise’s side. As he gets older, there may be fewer opportunities for him to make action movies. Trying to transform the content of filming may be a breakthrough for him in the future, and perhaps his future films will add more human factors.
At the same time, although many action movies starring Tom Cruise are “applause and hits”, this kind of film with a relatively simple storyline and a relatively single character is obviously not suitable for the appetite of most film festival judges, which makes Tom Cruise In recent years, Sri Lanka has continued to be popular in the film industry and has a large number of fans, but it is difficult to win international awards.
Professionals have also noticed that movies starring Tom Cruise still maintain a considerable number of audiences who are willing to pay to watch movies in movie theaters, which is especially valuable during the epidemic. The recovery and development of the film industry after the epidemic still needs box-office stars such as Tom Cruise. Perhaps seeing this, the Organizing Committee of the Cannes Film Festival awarded Tom Cruise an honorary Palme d’Or at the premiere of “Top Gun 2: The Lone Ranger” on the evening of the 18th in recognition of his career in film. unique contribution.
There was a striking detail in that night’s “Top Gun 2: The Lone Ranger” premiere red carpet event. When the film’s creative team was about to enter the Palais des Festivals, where the premiere was held, the French Air Force Aerobatic Team came to help, dragging the red, white and blue colors of the French flag across the sky. This unexpected arrangement cheered Tom Cruise, whose reaction was completely different from the others – I saw him clenching his fists and clenching his teeth, as if he wanted to cheer himself up, which may be It was a rare moment when his true feelings were revealed. Facing his sixtieth year, he may be ready to “start again” from the Cannes Film Festival in his personal film career.
