{"id":218852,"date":"2026-01-25T23:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/tom-cruise-changed-whats-expected-for-actors\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T23:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:01:12","slug":"tom-cruise-changed-whats-expected-for-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/tom-cruise-changed-whats-expected-for-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise ‘changed what's expected for actors’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ethan Hawke thinks Tom Cruise<\/a> has “changed what\u2019s expected for actors”.<\/p>\n

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Ethan Hawke has heaped praise on Tom Cruise<\/p>\n

The 63-year-old actor is well-known for performing his own stunts in the Mission: Impossible franchise, and other action movies, and Ethan believes it’s pressured other actors into following suit.<\/p>\n

Ethan, 55 – who performs his own stunts in The Weight, the new historical action-drama – told Variety: “Tom Cruise<\/a> has totally changed what\u2019s expected for actors. Some part of me is getting angry over the years because everyone somehow feels like they\u2019re less if they use a stunt team.<\/p>\n

“What I liked about our movie is there were no ridiculous stunts. It\u2019s human. It\u2019s not about things blowing up, so most of the stunts were things we could do. They weren\u2019t superhero things.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Ethan claimed that he’s adapted in order to survive in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\nThe actor has enjoyed huge success in the movie business, starring in films such as Reality Bites, Gattaca, and Great Expectations – but Ethan admits that he’s had to adapt in order to sustain his career.<\/p>\n

\nHe told The Hollywood Reporter: “This job that I\u2019m in is a constant re-contextualisation, not for yourself, but for the people watching.<\/p>\n

\n“I came out of the gate getting leading parts and that can breed a laziness about the actual methodology of acting.<\/p>\n

\n“I was teaching myself to reboot the computer, from a leading man to a character actor, and thinking, \u2018What if I could combine these things?\u2019 If you don\u2019t do that as you get older, you get a lot less opportunities. Very few people get to be Paul Newman.”<\/p>\n

\nEthan also explained that he’s “willing to play within the sandbox of commerciality”.<\/p>\n

\nThe veteran film star said: “Peter Weir used to talk about how much he loved [Andrei] Tarkovsky, but he was like, \u2018That\u2019s not what I\u2019m trying to do. I\u2019m trying to make popular art.\u2019 And as a popular artist, I\u2019m willing to play within the sandbox of commerciality.”<\/p>\n

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