We interview Nina Dobrev about her pivot to action in Renny Harlin’s The Bricklayer, opposite Aaron Eckhart. Nina Dobrev has had a great career, being the lead on The Vampire Diaries for an amazing six seasons while also appearing in movies like Let’s Be Cops, the Flatliners remake and more. Yet, she’s never gotten to … Read more
Alan Ritchson has no problems being compared to Tom Cruise, who first brought Jack Reacher to the screen through two movies. A franchise character can be tough to step into the shoes of. It’s almost impossible to avoid comparison to the last guy. This would be especially so when the groundwork was laid by Hollywood’s … Read more
Megastar Tom Cruise turned down an offer to star in The Mask of Zorro, leading the way for the continuing rise of Antonio Banderas. With The Mask of Zorro, Antonio Banderas truly marked himself as a genuine star and sex symbol across the globe. While he earned acclaim for his collaborations with Pedro Almodóvar in … Read more
Mission: Impossible co-star Simon Pegg says Tom Cruise can only enter his third and final act when he stops his death-defying stunts. Tom Cruise has been one of the most dominant and impactful Hollywood draws for over 40 years but if his Mission: Impossible co-star Simon Pegg is to be believed, the 61-year-old actor/stuntman is … Read more
Mark Wahlberg redirected his career “out of necessity” so he wouldn’t lose as many projects to DiCaprio, Pitt and Cruise. Mark Wahlberg had a funky bunch of acting roles on his resume beginning in the mid-’90s but found that he had to put more focus on producing if he was going to try to compete … Read more
A recently released book about the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s creation and production has revealed why Tom Cruise didn’t play Iron Man. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios (written by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards) features a section about how film industry superstar Tom Cruise was interested in playing Tony Stark in a movie. … Read more
Machete don’t text and his real-life counterpart don’t put up with nonsense from producers and studio heads. Danny Trejo stepped out in support of his fellow actors amid the SAG-AFTRA strike last week outside of Paramount Pictures, saying, “We’re all on the titanic looking for a good seat!” Speaking with CNBC, Danny Trejo laid out … Read more
Tom Cruise remains one of the last great superstars. He’s been in the game since the early 1980s, and his modern-day offerings like Top Gun: Maverick still rake in enviable numbers. Cruise’s latest project, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, is now in theaters. That means it’s time to look back at the best … Read more
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One director Christopher McQuarrie considered de-aging Tom Cruise for a flashback sequence. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny kicked off with an extended sequence featuring a de-aged Harrison Ford, but another action hero came close to joining him in peeling back the decades. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning … Read more
Producer Sherry Lansing once told Tom Cruise that he was too old to play Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible franchise. At 61 years old, Tom Cruise is doing more to defy the stigmas of aging than any cosmetic guru or exorbitantly expensive cream on the market. In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, … Read more