Tom Cruise’s Return to Serious Cinema Isn’t What It Looks Like
The actor sets action filmmaking aside for a new, bizarre kind of challenge in Digger.
TL;DR
- Tom Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, a billionaire character requiring extensive makeup and prosthetics, marking a change from his usual roles.
- The film "Digger" is not a straightforward satire of environmental catastrophe but rather a meta-narrative about the creation of a play called "Fossil Fools."
- The cast of "Fossil Fools" grapples with whether their satirical play can adequately address the horrors of the world.
- Iñárritu's $125 million film explores the question of whether creating art is worthwhile when confronted with tragedy.
- The film shares similarities with Iñárritu's "Birdman" in its focus on theater productions but is more portentous and bitter.
- Cruise's performance is noted for its portrayal of an actor playing Digger, who is as perplexed by the role's grandiosity as the audience.