Tom Cruise's 'Digger' Trailer Debuts with Iñárritu
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- Tom Cruise stars as an eccentric billionaire navigating an eco-disaster in 'Digger,' a black comedy from two-time Academy Award winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu, with Deadline's headline pegging the character as a 'crusty oil baron.'
- Cruise said neither he nor Iñárritu had been challenged by a role 'in this way' before; Deadline's framing adds that the character is one Cruise has spent 40 years preparing to play.
Why it matters: The pairing marks Cruise's first film with Iñárritu, a director known for demanding auteur work like 'Birdman' and 'The Revenant,' pushing Cruise into a performance-driven black comedy rather than his usual action spectacle. IndieWire's headline flags it as a VistaVision production — an unusually artistic, large-format swing for a Cruise vehicle.
