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Tom Cruise is the biggest movie star in the world. The actor is credited for saving Hollywood by Steven Spielberg thanks toTop Gun 2which grossed $1.4 billion globally. WithMission Impossible 7coming soon, the star status of the actor is going to explode again. But not every film by the actor has tasted success.
One of the biggest examples of this isThe Mummy. The film starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, and more in lead roles was originally intended to start theDark Universe, but it flopped. As a result, we never got to see actors like Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe work together again even though the actors wanted to.
Russell Crowe Remembers His First Meeting With Tom Cruise
In an interview with Fairfax Media (via The Sydney Morning Herald),Russell Crowerevealed how he first met Tom Cruise. TheMan of Steelactor stated that he was surprised that Cruise was the one who was actually asking all the questions after meeting him. He said:
“We’ve known each other since 1992. We met… at a barbecue at Naomi Watts’ house, and Nicole Kidman, who was Tom’s wife at the time, introduced me… The most amazing thing was that I was talking to, at the time, the biggest movie star in the world, and he had been introduced to my films by his wife, so he was asking me questions, not the other way around.”
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The actor also said that working onThe Mummywas the right time to collaborate with theTop Gunstar. Crowe said:
“It was a pretty amazing experience and we have been friends ever since. When [The Mummy] came up, it felt like the right one.”
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Tom Cruiseagreed and said that he couldn’t believe they hadn’t worked together before, but was glad that the collaboration was finally happening. He said:
“I’ve known him for 100 years and when we were standing on set, I was like, ‘I cannot believe that we haven’t done this before.’ When he said he would play Doctor Jekyll I was so excited to see what he would do with that character and have the opportunity to finally work with him.”
However, the team-up couldn’t be extended to more films because the plannedDark Universewas shelved afterThe Mummygrossed only $417 million worldwide.
Reportedly, thanks to its high production plus marketing budget, it wasn’t able to ultimately turn out a profit for the studio. But the originalThe Mummystar, Brendan Fraser, thinks there’s another reason.
Brendan Fraser Revealed Why Tom Cruise’sThe MummyFailed To Make A Mark
Brendan Fraserand Rachel Weisz captivated audiences inThe Mummyfranchise. The first threeMummyfilms grossed over $1.2 billion globally. When Fraser was asked why his films worked while superstar Tom Cruise’s didn’t, he said it was because Cruise and his team played it too straight.
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In an interview with Variety, he said:
“It is hard to make that movie. The ingredient that we had going for our Mummy, which I didn’t see in that film, was fun. That was what was lacking in that incarnation. It was too much of a straight-ahead horror movie… (The film) should be a thrill ride, but not terrifying and scary.”
As for whether he would be open to star in anotherMummymovie, Fraser said he was always open to the idea if the makers could come up with a good plot. While fans would love to see the star in such a film again, it remains to be seen if that happens or not.
The Mummy(2017) is available on Netflix andThe Mummy(1999) is available on Amazon Prime Video.
Source:VarietyandSydney Morning
Ishita Chatterjee
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Ishita is an Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows, with over 700 articles published. She has been working in the entertainment and pop-culture niche for more than 4 years. With a English Literature degree, Ishita generally covers news and analyses on Foundation, Ted Lasso, Severance, and more.A lifelong DC fan, Ishita spends her time watching and re-watching everything in the DC universe (yes, even including the Arrowverse shows).
