Tom Cruise<\/strong> underwent a physical transformation for his upcoming movie Digger<\/em>.<\/p>\n The trailer, released on Monday, July 13, opens with the normally fit movie star entering the frame shirtless \u2014 and looking out totally different. Because the trailer continues, Cruise\u2019s dark hair has been turned gray and he appears to be wearing facial prosthetics for the role.<\/p>\n Cruise, 64, plays Digger Rockwell within the film directed by Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu<\/strong>. The logline leaves loads to the imagination, reading, \u201cEssentially the most powerful man on the earth embarks on a frantic mission to prove he’s humanity\u2019s savior before the disaster he\u2019s unleashed destroys the whole lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Riz Ahmed<\/strong>, John Goodman,<\/strong> Sandra H\u00fcller<\/strong>, Michael Stuhlbarg<\/strong>, Jesse Plemons<\/strong>, Robert John Burke<\/strong>, Emma D\u2019Arcy<\/strong>, Burn Gorman<\/strong> and Sophie Wilde<\/strong> are also set to star.<\/p>\n Monday\u2019s trailer sees Cruise\u2019s Digger getting an expert opinion on the longevity of his cat\u2019s lifespan before cutting to him discussing his \u201cd***\u201d while attempting to grasp why one in every of his employees desires to shut down a project his company is working on.<\/p>\n Goodman, 74, playing the president of the US, aptly notes that \u201cDigger got us into this mess and Digger goes to get us out.\u201d<\/p>\n The trailer is ready to Talking Heads\u2019 \u201cBurning Down the House,\u201d giving an air of unseriousness to the film \u2014 which appears to be a comedy.<\/p>\n Cruise also joined TikTok ahead of the film\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Cruise discussed his transformation for the movie earlier this month during a Q&A in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n \u201cI actually have never had something that would challenge me in this manner \u2014 and neither has Alejandro \u2014 once we went in, ever,\u201d Cruise teased. \u201cIf you see this film, it\u2019s totally original.\u201d<\/p>\n Cruise also noted that director I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, 62, took \u201cseveral days\u201d to read him the script aloud.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m listening to the whole lot that\u2019s in his mind in order that I can understand that,\u201d Cruise said. \u201cThen I do know methods to contribute to it and produce that collaboration together.\u201d<\/p>\n You could have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n I\u00f1\u00e1rritu addressed Cruise\u2019s \u201castonishing\u201d transformation as well.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel we each know what it means to hold a whole profession right into a single moment like this,\u201d the filmmaker said. \u201cWe each knew that throughout our journeys, we had never done anything even near this.\u201d<\/p>\n Digger<\/em> hits theaters on October 2.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 \u2014 and looking out totally different. Because the trailer continues, Cruise\u2019s dark hair has been turned gray and he appears to be wearing facial prosthetics for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[7160,40260,4740,487,5587,8316],"class_list":["post-365965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cruise","tag-digger","tag-tom","tag-trailer","tag-transformation","tag-unrecognizable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\")
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