Tom Cruise underwent a physical transformation for his upcoming movie Digger.
The trailer, released on Monday, July 13, opens with the normally fit movie star entering the frame shirtless — and looking out totally different. Because the trailer continues, Cruise’s dark hair has been turned gray and he appears to be wearing facial prosthetics for the role.
Cruise, 64, plays Digger Rockwell within the film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. The logline leaves loads to the imagination, reading, “Essentially the most powerful man on the earth embarks on a frantic mission to prove he’s humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys the whole lot.”
Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Robert John Burke, Emma D’Arcy, Burn Gorman and Sophie Wilde are also set to star.
Monday’s trailer sees Cruise’s Digger getting an expert opinion on the longevity of his cat’s lifespan before cutting to him discussing his “d***” while attempting to grasp why one in every of his employees desires to shut down a project his company is working on.
Goodman, 74, playing the president of the US, aptly notes that “Digger got us into this mess and Digger goes to get us out.”
The trailer is ready to Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House,” giving an air of unseriousness to the film — which appears to be a comedy.
Cruise also joined TikTok ahead of the film’s release, promoting only Digger in his three videos to date. The actor has since racked up a couple of million followers since joining the platform.
Cruise discussed his transformation for the movie earlier this month during a Q&A in Los Angeles.
“I actually have never had something that would challenge me in this manner — and neither has Alejandro — once we went in, ever,” Cruise teased. “If you see this film, it’s totally original.”
Cruise also noted that director Iñárritu, 62, took “several days” to read him the script aloud.
“I’m listening to the whole lot that’s in his mind in order that I can understand that,” Cruise said. “Then I do know methods to contribute to it and produce that collaboration together.”
Iñárritu addressed Cruise’s “astonishing” transformation as well.
“I feel we each know what it means to hold a whole profession right into a single moment like this,” the filmmaker said. “We each knew that throughout our journeys, we had never done anything even near this.”
Digger hits theaters on October 2.