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Small interview WotW and M:I-3

The Trades.com has a little story about WotW and M:I-3:

During my time as an entertainment writer, I’ve interviewed several A-list celebrities, but none as famous as Tom Cruise. With his magnetic charisma, effortless acting ability, and savvy business sense, Cruise is quite possibly the most well known movie star in the world.

His latest project, an updated version of the H.G. Wells classic, “War of the Worlds” (which opens on June 29th), promises to be one of his highest grossing movies to date. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film places Cruise’s character in the midst of the battle for human survival when extra-terrestrials attack. Although alien invasion films are nothing new to moviegoers, Cruise promises that “War of the Worlds” will elevate the genre to a new level. “Steven and I always say that War of the Worlds is the smallest biggest film,” Cruise remarks, “because it’s the largest scale picture I’ve ever been involved in…but it’s also incredibly intimate. I hope that it just scares the heck out of everyone [laughs]. It’s scary. It’s a ride.”

Besides promoting “War of the Worlds”, this summer Cruise will also continue work on the highly anticipated “Mission: Impossible 3”, which “Lost” and “Alias” creator J.J. Abrams is directing. “I’m really excited to be working with J.J. Abrams,” Cruise tells me. “He’s an enormously talented guy.” He adds, “M:I-3 has really unique characters and a great story. I believe it’s the best story we’ve had out of all of the films in the series. If you look at the pilot of Alias, if you look at the pilot of Lost, if you look at the pilot of Felicity, you can really see the hand of J.J. Abrams and how much he likes character. Now you take that, and then there’s going to be huge, large scale action sequences that are very unique. I believe at this point, as we’re looking at it, it’s going to be an epic action movie.”

Does Cruise see any similarities between “War of the Worlds” and “M:I-3”? “I am very proud [to be a part of both],” he says. “I’ve already been working on M:I-3 for many months while I was shooting War of the Worlds. M:I- 3’s going to come out next summer. They’re just very different. They’re very different stories, and the filmmakers are different.”

As big of a movie star as Cruise is, his most endearing quality is that he has not been consumed by his fame. He is incredibly easy to talk to and remains grounded in his outlook on life. And even as his success continues to mount, I have a feeling that his humble nature won’t change anytime soon.

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April 27, 2005   //   Mission: Impossible 3, Movie News and War of the Worlds   //   9 Comments   //  

9 Comments to “Small interview WotW and M:I-3”

• April 27, 2005 at 6:25 pm
  Julia says:

  I don’t know if you saw this but it is official that Tom Cruise is dating Katie Holmes.

  http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1055127,00.html
• April 27, 2005 at 6:36 pm
  Lady D says:

  I saw that also.quite shocking.
• April 27, 2005 at 7:41 pm
  mico736 says:

  Hi!Who is writer and the script writer?
  Well lot of action its sounds good but the story?
  The first was the best!!The story normaly started and after 10min its come to frightened.
  The action line was the story of primary created.
  Thats why the second mib2 was not too really good.No story just action.Basicly the story must
  to be good than the action.Here is a guy he is
  -i though- perfect can build a story William Philips.His latest movies Fullproof not a blockbuster but he can make good storyboard caracter.
  Im already notice the mib3 Riedley Scott to directory char.
• April 28, 2005 at 6:06 pm
  Dawn says:

  Benjamin Franklin stated, I’d be humble but I’d be proud of it.
• May 01, 2005 at 9:35 am
  Mateh says:

  wow you guys are getting slow, no news of tom and katie yet? jeez
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• May 28, 2005 at 3:15 pm
  janice says:

  A while back I heard, or read somewhere, that Tom Cruise was going to be in LA for the premiere of War of the Worlds. Actually I thought it was June 29…, but no matter; now, it’s June 27, according to this site. So, DOES ANYBODY OUT THERE KNOW WHICH G.D. THEATRE THE CRUISEMAN will be, like, making one of those flashy “personal appearances”, ie … sunglasses; camera lightbulbs flashing; red carpet; screaming fans; bored entourage in tow, etc. etc. ?
• May 28, 2005 at 3:22 pm
  janice says:

  Thank you for this Weird Experience, dudes. Look ma, no hands! I’m in a real honest to goodness CHAT ROOM. A few questions: 1. Does anybody out there go into 7-11′s when they’re really thirsty and look for Welch’s Grapejuice ? Ok the TC connection to this is the following: during an interview with Larry King… Tom answered a question by saying …something,something, something… and then “try 7 years of my life, Larry…” I forgot to say that the interview was on The Last Samurai. So, Tom C went to Japan and it took 7 LONG STRENUOUS YEARS OF EATING SUSHI, touring mt fuji, bath houses, …. what a hard life. Well, it’s a hard job being Tom Cruise, I guess,… but SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT!
• May 28, 2005 at 3:26 pm
  janice says:

  i am going to be glued to HBO tonight to watch a beautiful mini-series starrring a person who did a movie with Tom Cruise, once upon a time, called the color of money, I think, if I’m not mistaken. Ok here’s the point: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ed Harrise, Helen Hunt are in it. and I’m sure Tom