Tom Cruise, 61, still runs well: His whole career has been dedicated to… running hard.

Recently, Tom Cruise attracted attention when wearing a blood-stained shirt, he ran across Westminster Bridge in London, England.

This is a chase scene from the eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible film series . The scene was filmed last Sunday (March 24).

The famous American actor, despite being in his sixties, still shows his class as a top action movie star on the international silver screen. Tom Cruise still has the ideal physical foundation to perform movie scenes that require endurance and flexibility.

Tom Cruise films a scene on Westminster Bridge in London, England (Photo: New York Post).

While the actor was filming, traffic in the areas around Westminster Bridge was regulated to reduce traffic to accommodate the film crew.

Actor Tom Cruise has often had scenes of him running at full speed in the movies he has participated in. Since entering the film industry in 1981, Tom Cruise has been tirelessly running in the silver screen for the past 43 years.

In fact, on his social media account X (formerly known as Twitter), Tom Cruise also introduces himself as “an actor, filmmaker, and filmmaker who has been working tirelessly on films since 1981”.

Running has become a “signature” detail for Tom Cruise’s roles. Viewers may think that running scenes are very simple, the actor just needs to run as fast as he can and the camera will follow, but that’s not the case. Filming running scenes is actually very difficult.

The main actor, supporting actor and moving objects in the running scene must have the same speed, so as not to cause a phase difference in the performance.

In addition, when the actor moves too fast, the image will lose its sharpness and aesthetics. If you let the actor run as usual, then adjust the speed to make the scene slower, the scene will become very awkward, funny, losing all action and sense of speed.

So what Tom Cruise needs to do is slow down, to make the scene look nice and sharp. However, in terms of expression and movement, Tom Cruise still has to show that he is running at full speed, running “half-dead”. He has to somehow “trick” the viewer’s perception.

The challenge with these running scenes is that the actor has to appear as if they are running very fast, but in reality they are only running… “just enough”. To execute the running scene perfectly without having to do too many takes requires an actor who is really experienced with running scenes.

Action movies are often not highly appreciated by film critics in terms of art, a big reason is because people think that in action movies, actors mainly just chase, punch, scream… but have little depth in acting.

But in reality, when knowing the secret behind the spectacular chase scenes on the silver screen, viewers understand that even when an actor is simply running “full speed” on the screen, they are actually still acting very focused to “trick the viewer’s eyes”.

Part 8 of the Mission: Impossible series is scheduled to hit theaters on May 23, 2025. It is likely that this film will be called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two . The 7th film – Dead Reckoning Part One – was released in July 2023.

Currently, in addition to making the 8th installment of Mission Impossible , Tom Cruise is also promoting the production of the 3rd installment of the Top Gun series , following the spectacular success of Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Part 2 of Top Gun earned nearly 1.5 billion USD in revenue from a production budget of about 170 million USD.

American actor and filmmaker Tom Cruise (Photo: New York Post).

American actor and filmmaker Tom Cruise (born 1962) is considered a Hollywood icon. He has received many awards in the film industry, including the honorary Palme d’Or. Cruise has received 4 Oscar nominations.

His films have grossed more than $11.5 billion at the global box office, making him one of the highest-grossing movie stars of all time. Cruise is also one of the highest-paid actors in the world.

Tom Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with roles in films such as Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986). Critical acclaim and recognition came to Cruise after he appeared in films such as The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989).

As the biggest Hollywood star of the 1990s, Cruise appeared in such blockbusters as A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994) and Jerry Maguire (1996).

Cruise has established himself as one of the world’s most successful action movie stars. Cruise has always performed his own stunts. He has starred in the Mission: Impossible series since 1996.

Other notable action films Cruise has starred in include Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Knight and Day (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), Oblivion (2013), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), The Mummy (2017) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

Cruise was voted the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine (USA) in 1990. Cruise continued to be voted the Most Beautiful Person by People in 1997. Cruise was married to actresses Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes. He adopted two children during his marriage with Kidman. Cruise has a biological child during his marriage with Holmes.