Tom Cruise To Be The First Actor To Film A Film In Space

Written by Asley Simon OCTOBER 10, 2022

Tom Cruise is completely obsessed with testing the boundaries of his acting abilities in order to achieve ever-greater results.

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Following the critical and commercial success of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise has redefined the concept of lifting his work to new heights.

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The Hollywood action veteran, who will soon turn 60 years old, is scheduled to become the first actor to shoot a film in space.

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When it comes to reaching new heights, Tom Cruise is figuratively and literally going above and beyond for a project that is out of this world.

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Doug Liman, who worked on The Bourne Identity, is currently working with Tom Cruise and has discussed sending him to the International Space Station for his next film

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UFEG Chairman Donna Langley said the movie will be filmed mostly on Earth, but "the character will go to space to save the day."

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She went on to say that she has a lot of faith that Tom Cruise will become "the first person to undertake a spacewalk outside of the space station."

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The nature of the project, as well as the time frame for when it will be put into production, have not been disclosed as of yet.

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If this project goes forward, there is a possibility that Tom Cruise will be the first actor in history to shoot scenes for a movie in space.

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