Going to new heights! Tom Cruise, 60, may shoot a scene in SPACE outside the International Space Station for an upcoming movie
Tom Cruise could go where no actor has gone before: space.
The 60-year-old could perform a spacewalk for an upcoming film.
Universal chairwoman Donna Langley hinted at the future blockbuster, telling the BBC, ‘We have a great project in development with Tom that does contemplate him taking a rocket to the Space Station.’
The final frontier: Tom Cruise could go where no actor has gone before. Space. The 60-year-old could perform a spacewalk for an upcoming film. Seen in May
The plan would be for Major Tom to suit up for an unusual stunt.
‘Hopefully, he will become the first civilian to do a space walk outside of the International Space Station.’
The Top Gun star would not play a typical hero.
Space station: Universal chairwoman Donna Langley told the BBC , ‘We have a great project in development with Tom that does contemplate him taking a rocket to the Space Station’; seen in May
Langley explained, ‘He will play a down-on-his-luck guy who finds himself in the position of being the only person who could save Earth.’
The idea for the film first took off in 2020 with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and NASA taking part in the project.
Doug Liman, 57, who worked with Tom on The Edge of Tomorrow is set to direct.
Challenge: Tom learned to fly airplanes for Top Gun: Maverick and enjoys taking on new challenges
Sci-fi: The Top Gun actor has starred in many sci-fi projects, including Oblivion, in which he stars as a futuristic ranger assigned to protect the Earth’s resources
If all goes as planned, the director would have to blast off as well.
In a January 2020 interview with Deadline, the Locked Down director said of his leading man, ‘I think the reason that Tom is such a superstar is, as much as we’re talking about making a movie not on Earth, I think Tom very much has both of his feet planted on the ground.
‘No matter what the movie is, he’s like, I’m getting to go make a movie. That enthusiasm! He has made god knows how many movies, and he hasn’t lost that enthusiasm.’
Director: Doug Liman, who directed Tom in The Edge of Tomorrow is set to helm the space movie, which is being shot with help from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and NASA; seen in 2014
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