io9:
When the first trailer for Universal’s The Mummy reboot came out, one of the most impressive moments was the scene where Cruise, Wallis, and a bunch of soldiers were being tossed around a crashing plane like a bunch of ragdolls.
“Tom said, ‘Yeah we’re gonna do it for real, we’re gonna get on a real plane and we’re gonna crash,’ and I thought, ‘This is just never gonna happen,’” director Alex Kurtzman said.
Love him or hate him, you’ve got to admire Cruise for pushing the envelope when it comes to these stunts.
The most important question is unanswered – and not given away in the trailer I saw: is the reboot still a comedy?
(I saw the original well after it was out of theaters, and my reaction was “if I’d known this was funny I’d have wanted to see it in the theater”.)
I don’t remember all this drama when Kate Upton flew in the Zero G plane.
Pretty sure I’m going to see this at the cinema.
+1 Love him.
Love every single one of his films!
Or the cast of Apollo 13, for that matter.
It can’t be healthy for me to enjoy seeing Cruise slammed around this much.
Agreed. As crazy as he’s been at times, I’ve enjoyed every movie he’s been in that I’ve seen
Apollo 13 filmed many of their command module shots the same way: http://www.avclub.com/article/apollo-13s-20th-anniversary-look-how-they-made-fil-221536
Cool stuff. And I like Cruise. But this is hardly pushing the envelope. Many movies have used Zero-G flights.