After revisiting Mission: Impossible 2 on the Rewind show, we Fast Forward to take you on the Tom Cruise Eras Tour.

From his breakout in the early 80s to becoming one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, Cruise’s career spans more than four decades, nearly 50 films, and $15 billion at the box office.

In this episode we break down the six eras of Tom Cruise - from the rebellious young actor of Risky Business and The Outsiders, to the global superstardom of Top Gun, Rain Man, and A Few Good Men, all the way through to the stunt-driven spectacle of the Mission: Impossible franchise and the cinematic comeback of Top Gun: Maverick. 

Along the way we discuss:

• Cruise’s difficult upbringing and early rise in Hollywood

• The incredible run of films between 1986 and 1992

• His collaborations with directors like Scorsese, Kubrick and Spielberg

• The strange sci-fi era (Vanilla Sky, Minority Report, War of the Worlds)

• Why Tropic Thunder might be his most entertaining role

• Whether Mission: Impossible has become more about stunts than story

• And which Tom Cruise film we want to watch again

Plus we look ahead to Cruise’s upcoming projects and ask whether he’s now become the last true movie star still fighting for the theatrical experience.

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