Tom Cruise’s best characters may come from franchises like Mission: Impossible and Top Gun. But his films like Rain Man, Jerry Maguire, Tropic Thunder and more prove he’s more than just an action star. On that note, Cruise’s new movie with Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Digger, appears to further demonstrate the actor's versatility. If you need more reason to believe the Risky Business actor is going all out for his role as the titular billionaire, his co-star, Riz Ahmed, says he went full method, and jokes were made about that.
When I watched the trailer for 2026 movie release, I was mesmerized by Tom Cruise’s unrecognizable look and broad Southern accent. With that, I honestly forget this was the same actor who hung from the ceiling in Mission: Impossible. After filming wrapped, Digger's Riz Ahmed’s spoke with Empire and admitted that Cruise's method acting really had an effect on him as well:
