Upcoming: All the right moves
Tom Cruise brings action-packed ‘Jack Reacher’ sequel
Cruise hinted at a possible sequel to 1986’s Top Gun. PHOTO: FILE
LONDON:
Crowds of screaming fans braced the cold and packed into Leicester Square in the British capital on Thursday, hoping to catch a glimpse of Tom Cruise as he premiered his film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
According to the actor, the film is “classic action” filled with suspense. It sees Cruise reprise his role in the sequel to the 2012 film Jack Reacher playing a former US military officer turned fugitive, on a mission to uncover a conspiracy that has accused his colleague, Major Susan Turner, of espionage. Turner is played by Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother, who was also present at the European premiere.
“He’s just got such a unique wit,” Cruise said about Reacher, a character based on books written by British author Lee Child, who also makes a cameo appearance in the film.
Cruise said he was busy working on his sixth Mission Impossible film and also hinted that he was in talks about taking up his popular role as daring pilot Maverick in a Top Gun sequel, although he stopped short of making promises to fans.”We’ve been talking about it and it’s just the right script ... it’s got to be right,” he said.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back has been directed by Edward Zwick who worked with Cruise on 2003’s The Last Samurai and said that the two had developed a trust and simply “took up where we left off.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 22nd, 2016.
Crowds of screaming fans braced the cold and packed into Leicester Square in the British capital on Thursday, hoping to catch a glimpse of Tom Cruise as he premiered his film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
According to the actor, the film is “classic action” filled with suspense. It sees Cruise reprise his role in the sequel to the 2012 film Jack Reacher playing a former US military officer turned fugitive, on a mission to uncover a conspiracy that has accused his colleague, Major Susan Turner, of espionage. Turner is played by Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother, who was also present at the European premiere.
“He’s just got such a unique wit,” Cruise said about Reacher, a character based on books written by British author Lee Child, who also makes a cameo appearance in the film.
Cruise said he was busy working on his sixth Mission Impossible film and also hinted that he was in talks about taking up his popular role as daring pilot Maverick in a Top Gun sequel, although he stopped short of making promises to fans.”We’ve been talking about it and it’s just the right script ... it’s got to be right,” he said.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back has been directed by Edward Zwick who worked with Cruise on 2003’s The Last Samurai and said that the two had developed a trust and simply “took up where we left off.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 22nd, 2016.