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Perth Now
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Geena Davis hails Mission: Impossible's 'great diversity'
Geena Davis loved the "great diversity" of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. The 69-year-old star has admitted to being impressed by the casting choices for the action movie, which saw Tom Cruise appear alongside the likes of Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga and Ving Rhames. Geena told Deadline: "Did you see the new Mission: Impossible yet? I noticed the great diversity in there, women left and right, all over the place, and people of colour and it's just normal and natural. But they clearly, in my estimation, put a lot of thought into that." Genna has been trying to make the movie industry more inclusive through her Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media, which she founded two decades ago. The award-winning actress also oversees the Bentonville Film Festival, and Genna has explained how she approaches the issue of inclusivity. She shared: "In my institute we focus on what's on screen. And in the festival, we take into account both on screen and behind the camera. So, our directors and writers and producers are very diverse as well as [the cast] on screen." Genna thinks it's important that the film industry reflects the wider population. The Accidental Tourist star said: "It just makes sense to reflect the people that are watching the movie. "Ultimately, what I think we're trying to prove is that films with unique voices that represent the population are very commercial. Research shows that the more diversity there is on screen, the more money the movie makes. But people haven't really taken that to heart as much as they could." Walmart - the supermarket chain founded in Bentonville - actually created the Bentonville Film Festival with inclusion as its focus. And Genna has relished the opportunity to lead the festival. The Hollywood star explained: "Each department of Walmart has to come up with their sort of public outreach, public service initiative that they do. "The home video department thought, 'Hey, what if we were to have a film festival for representation, that is about representation?' And they thought that was a good idea. And then I was thought of as someone who might be — they needed to get a Robert Redford or Robert De Niro, or somebody named Robert to be the person fronting it. And they thought of me, and I came here and talked to everybody, and I really wanted to do it." The Oscar-winning actress feels proud of what she's managed to achieve with the festival in a relatively short space of time. She said: "We decided to put it on very quickly, so we only had about five months to put it all together for the first iteration. But we pulled it off and it gets bigger and better every year."
News18
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt To Reunite On Screen After 31 Years? Here's What We Know
Last Updated: Brad Pitt said he is open to working with Tom Cruise again, but has one condition. Brad Pitt is open to working with Tom Cruise again, as long as he doesn't have to do any big stunts. The 61-year-old actor hasn't appeared on-screen with the Mission: Impossible star, 62, since 1994's Interview with the Vampire, and Pitt has now revealed he would collaborate with Cruise again, on the condition that his feet stay firmly on the ground. Speaking with E! News, Pitt said: 'Well, I'm not gonna hang my a** off airplanes and s*** like that. So when he does something again that's on the ground [then yes]." Pitt will next be seen in F1 – the high-octane racing movie from Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski. In F1, Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, a retired racer who returns to the track with new blood Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) in a bid to become the best Formula One driver in the world. While Pitt wants to avoid doing any major stunts in a Tom Cruise movie, the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood actor had driven at 180-miles-per-hour in real Formula One cars for F1. Speaking at a Q+A event in March, Kosinski said: '[Pitt] just had that natural feel for grip in the car, and what we're doing on this film is dangerous. So yeah, you have to be fearless, and when you see Brad driving, that's not acting." He added: 'He's really concentrating on keeping that car on the track and out of the wall during all those scenes. So that's something that you just can't fake, I think. I hope the audience feels that when they watch the movie." The filmmaker added that Pitt had undergone 'months of training" to prepare for the racing scenes, which also involved learning the art of the sport under the tutelage of seven-time Formula One world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton. Kosinski explained: 'Brad and Damson are both driving in this film and in order to get them into these race cars, it required months, literally months of training. But the first day was really fun. It was me, Brad and Lewis Hamilton at the track together, all of us jumping in cars and driving each other around in sports cars, which was one of those things, I'll never forget having Lewis Hamilton as your driving instructor. But what we learned and what Lewis was really interested was seeing did Brad knew how to drive right? Because if Brad can't drive, this whole film wasn't going to work." The director said Hamilton found Pitt to be a 'very talented, naturally gifted driver" when they first sped around the track together. Kosinski said: 'And what Lewis was very happy to discover was that Brad had a lot of just natural ability right from the start. And I don't know where he got that or if he was born with it, and he rides motorcycles, which I think has something to do with it, but he's just a very talented, naturally gifted driver, which for Lewis after that first meeting gave him a lot of confidence that we might have a shot at pulling this off." First Published:
News18
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Brad Pitt Is Open To Working With Tom Cruise, But There Is One Condition
Last Updated: Brad Pitt made it clear that he would not be taking on roles that require him to pull off sky-high stunts. Brad Pitt, who is eyeing the release of his sports-drama F1: The Movie, has opened up on the possibility of sharing the screen space again with Tom Cruise. They were seen together in the 1994 film Interview with the Vampire. In an interview, Pitt said he would love to work with Tom Cruise, but on one condition. Any guesses? No sky-high stunts, please. We get it, Brad Pitt, we get it. In a chat with E! News, Brad Pitt shared, 'I'm not gonna hang my a** off the airplane and s**t like that." Pitt, currently busy with the promotion F1 racing film, talked about his reunion with Cruise. The actor stated he will consider working with Mission: Impossible star 'when he does something again that's on the ground." In the same chat, Pitt went on to talk about some of the unusual habits he developed while working on F1. 'Before getting in the car, I always have to get in on the left side," he said. Pitt added, 'I have to put my left shoe on first, I'd have to put my left glove on first." Talking about Tom Cruise, the actor is well-known for pulling off heart-stopping stunts in his films. In the Mission: Impossible series, he was seen skydiving, flying helicopters, scaling skyscrapers and jumping off a cliff. Earlier, Pitt and Cruise collaborated for the 1994 film, titled Interview with the Vampire. The gothic cult classic saw a rivalry between the two, which even reached the tracks. 'We raced go-karts. He got me in the end. I gotta admit," Pitt recalled. Meanwhile, earlier this year at a Paramount event, Tom Cruise lauded Brad Pitt's driving skills, especially given his upcoming F1 film. F1: The Movie has been directed by Joseph Kosinski. Formula 1 champion and British driver Lewis Hamilton has backed the movie. It will release on June 27. Damson Idris, Javier Bardem and Kerry Condon are also part of the film. First Published:
CairoScene
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Tom Cruise Stunts, But Make Them Middle Eastern
Could the Middle East be Cruise's next obstacle course? Here's how it can be done. The 'Mission: Impossible' franchise has taken us everywhere—from cliff faces in Norway to the roof of the Vienna Opera House. Tom Cruise has scaled, sprinted, skydived, and motorcycle-jumped his way across the globe, turning iconic landmarks into action set pieces of legend. And so, despite the Burj Khalifa's thrilling cameo, we still can't help but make the case: the Middle East deserves a much bigger slice of that Hollywood adrenaline. This region is brimming with landscapes made for slow-motion leaps, last-minute parachutes, and dramatic escape sequences. From sun-scorched deserts to clifftop fortresses and labyrinthine old cities, every corner is basically begging for an Ethan Hunt stunt double. So we imagined it—a fantasy reel of Cruise-level chaos, set against some of the Middle East's most dazzling, death-defying, and real travel spots. Broken Balloon Descent Over Luxor Forget a graceful glide. Imagine Cruise crash-landing in a deflating hot air balloon over the Valley of the Kings, parkouring midair between floating baskets. Your sunrise balloon ride might be more serene—but it'll still be worth every second. Free-Climbing a Cliff in Wadi Rum No ropes. No fear. Just Tom scaling Wadi Rum's sandstone cliffs with only grit and fingertip strength. Bonus points if there's a drone chase mid-climb. You can also hike the same route—but probably with more focus on the horizontal than the vertical. A Feline Blockade in the Streets of Marrakesh Cornered in the medina, Cruise signals to Marrakesh's legendary street cats—who swarm in, tails twitching, forming the ultimate soft-pawed blockade. A Slip 'n Slide Inside the Great Pyramid Taking a tumble inside the Great Pyramid might be everyone's worst nightmare. But Cruise? He turns it into a thrill slide—gliding through dusty shafts, dodging booby traps, and outrunning ancient curses. (We still recommend sticking to guided tours.) Fleeing on an Arabian Stallion in Essaouira Cue the thunder of hooves where Atlantic waves crash into golden sands. Cruise gallops across the beach on a majestic Arabian stallion, pursued by motorbikes, camels—or both. A Speedboat Chase in the Suez Canal Massive container ships. Narrow lanes. Zero margin for error. Cruise zigzags through the world's most high-stakes waterway in a speedboat ballet. James Bond who? Sandboarding on Scrap Wood in Oman Endless dunes. Blistering heat. Cruise carves down Wahiba Sands like it's a black diamond run—on what looks suspiciously like a splintered crate. Definitely go, but also definitely stick to an actual sandboard
The Hindu
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Review of My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner
Two days after being crushed by a 14,000-pound snowplough on New Year's Day of 2023, actor Jeremy Renner, now 54, posted a selfie from his hospital bed. 'Well, I was high on all sorts of painkillers and morphine,' Jeremy laughs, speaking over a video call from London. The famous selfie is part of Jeremy's harrowing yet ultimately healing memoir about the accident, My Next Breath. 'I didn't realise I was in a coma,' the two-time Academy Award nominee confesses. 'When I woke up, my sister handed me my phone, saying people were worried. I'm like, 'Okay, well, let people know that I'm not gone.' I'm going to get out of here this afternoon. I literally thought I was leaving that day,' he laughs. 'Little did I know how messed up I was.' The good thing about social media, Jeremy says, is you can squelch rumours. 'You can directly say, 'I didn't lose a leg. I'm alive. Everything's fine.' I actually looked pretty good in the selfie I took!' Living a story Though Jeremy has written songs for his three albums, this is Jeremy's first book. 'Starting was the most difficult. I knew, lived and was still living the story. I had to have a solid reason for writing the book. I still am baffled that people are interested. That's why in the prologue I wrote of not wanting to write it.' Jeremy is glad he ignored his initial hesitation and committed to writing. 'It was cathartic and healing and was for others as well.' The Hurt Locker actor worked with a writer for the structure of the memoir. 'This is an emotional and taxing narrative, so I had to be in a vulnerable and open place. We did a lot of interviews, and created an outline that allows for movement, growth and strength.' Talking as he would to a friend, Jeremy says he wrote and dictated from 11 to two every day. 'It was great but exhausting. It's like daily therapy,' he laughs. Though called a memoir, Jeremy insists that My Next Breath is not one in the traditional sense. 'It's not about my life or reflection on my career. This is about living and dying in this incident and then recovering from it and the things learned in that. There is some reflection on some of my life prior (including learning the value of doing his own stunts from Tom Cruise, his co-star in two Mission: Impossible films), and the bread crumbs that led me to recovery.' Fuel for recovery In a school essay, which is part of the book, Jeremy's 11-year-old daughter, Ava, wrote about her proudest moment being when he picked her up from school after the accident. 'She was the fuel for my recovery,' Jeremy says with a proud smile. 'She was the goalpost, the one that I wanted to show that I would get better. The last thing I want to do is make my daughter afraid. I want to make her a confident girl. It's lonely in recovery, but she was always my hope and my light.' The snow cat did a lot of damage, including over 30 broken bones, blunt chest trauma, and caused Jeremy to lose six quarts of blood. Out of these, the one that freaked out Jeremy the most was the broken jaw and the screws in his skull and jaw. 'When they took those screws out, like it's just in a piece of wood and not my jaw, it was terrifying because you're awake for that.' Surprisingly blasé about his left eye being knocked out of its socket, Jeremy says, 'I was dying on the ice, so I didn't care that my eye was out. I was going to worry about that later. I had to worry about breathing. By the time I woke up, my eyeball was already back in my head and working.' While Jeremy has played master archer and Avenger, Hawkeye in a series and several MCU movies, his new superpower is never having a bad day. 'That was given to me because I know what a bad day is, I probably had the worst day. You don't have to be run over by a snow cat to not have bad days. It is in all of our control, in what we choose to do in our lives. And that is another reason why I wrote the book because I don't think you have to go to that extremis to figure it out,' he says. Return to acting With Season 3 of Mayor of Kingstown in June 2024 and Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, which will be out on December 12, 2025, Jeremy has signalled his return to acting. 'I do love my job, but not at the cost of what has real value in my life. Its priority has slid down the totem pole.' Family and friends are an important part of accepting work, says Jeremy. 'I do not want my life ripped from me, just so I can entertain. I will not accept being alone or doing things alone any longer, as I've done for 30 years with my career.' There is a near-death moment Jeremy describes in the book where he experiences 'exhilarating peace' lying on the ice. 'You gain clarity and resolve after getting a glimpse behind the curtain of the afterlife. Life on earth can be quite chaotic but all that dies here on earth, thank goodness! I'm not a heaven-and-hell guy, but if there was a hell, it'd be on earth.' The beauty, Jeremy says, comes from being connected. 'We're all connected in a divinity of love, which you can call God. It helps me stay vulnerable and loving to everyone in my life.' My Next Breath Jeremy Renner Simon&Schuster ₹599
