Tom Cruise reveals the reason for making the 'Mission: Impossible' series

'Mission: Impossible' is the film series that made Tom Cruise famous worldwide.

Seven Mission: Impossible movies have been released and the eighth part Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning will be released in theaters worldwide at the end of this month.

Back in 1996, what made a young Tom Cruise, who was already famous in Hollywood thanks to hits like A Few Good Men and Interview with the Vampire , join this spy action movie?

"It's the music ," Tom Cruise joked over the weekend in London, where he took part in a conversation about his career on stage at the British Film Institute (BFI).

Tom Cruise at the premiere of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning in Seoul on May 8.

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The first Mission: Impossible film, Tom Cruise served as producer. He told the audience in London that he made the series because he wanted to change the action movie genre.

"I always thought, what can we do with action movies. I can develop this genre with more emotional storytelling. That's my hobby. So I researched stunts, set up cameras at different angles to develop my ability."

Tom Cruise taught himself acting and film production

Education was one of the main topics Cruise touched on. The veteran actor told the London crowd that he had no formal acting training and instead set up his own "film school" by studying the careers of actors, directors, and DOPs, then reaching out to them for advice as his career progressed.

"I asked Scorsese, Hoffman, Newman, Spielberg. And every step of the way, I studied movies, the studio system, distribution," Tom Cruise revealed, adding that as a young actor, he always "forced the studios" to send him to many countries to learn how to make movies outside the United States.

“At that time, Hollywood was all about America, but I was very global,” he confirmed.

Tom Cruise does his own stunts in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

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Tom Cruise said he spent months traveling to different countries and pitching the idea of ​​an international red carpet premiere to studios. "I came up with the idea of ​​having a red carpet premiere in different countries so we could bring the Hollywood culture to those places and then spread it around," Cruise said.

During the interview, Tom Cruise shared his memories of filming A Few Good Men . Directed by Rob Reiner, the Oscar-winning classic saw Cruise face off with Jack Nicholson. He described working with Nicholson as an "extraordinary experience".

Talking about Top Gun , Cruise said he first met the film's director, Tony Scott, through the introduction of his brother Ridley Scott. The actor had previously filmed Legend (1985), directed by Ridley.

Cruise told the audience that he was impressed when he met Tony and wanted to make Top Gun . He agreed to star and negotiated another deal with the studio - giving him access to "every aspect of the production" to see how producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson made the blockbuster.

After the success of Top Gun , Tom Cruise said the studio immediately approached him about a sequel, but he repeatedly turned down their offer. "They really wanted me to do Top Gun over and over again. But I wanted to develop my talents in different areas and wanted more challenges," he said.

Tom Cruise arrived in London to receive the BFI Fellowship, awarded by the British Film Institute to individuals in recognition of their outstanding contribution to film or television culture on May 12. Previous BFI Fellowship recipients include Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Tilda Swinton, David Lean, Michael Powell, Steve McQueen, Orson Welles, Ridley Scott, Bernardo Bertolucci…

Tom Cruise will be at the Cannes Film Festival this week to premiere Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning . The film reunites Cruise with Christopher McQuarrie from a script he wrote with Erik Jendresen.

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