LONDON – Tom Cruise remains one of the world's biggest movie stars and “Edge of Tomorrow” is being promoted around his presence. It hasn't been promoted with nearly the same aggressiveness that if you've ever wanted to see Tom Cruise die, “Edge of Tomorrow” has you more than covered.
“I loved killing him and he seemed to love being killed probably even more than I loved killing him,” gushed “Edge of Tomorrow” director Doug Liman when we sat down at the movie's London press junket last week.
Liman is, indeed, very enthusiastic about the process of repeatedly killing the star of “Top Gun,” “Risky Business” and “Mission: Impossible.” He's also excited about this latest evolution in his career as a gifted action practitioner and the chance to branch out from the way he presented action in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “Go” and “The Bourne Identity.”
I agree with HitFix's Drew McWeeny that, for the most part, Liman's efforts to creatively kill Tom Cruise pay off.
Check out my full conversation with Doug Liman above.
And also make sure you watch my interview with Emily Blunt, who talks about playing a kick-ass action heroine opposite Cruise.
And, finally, for some light comic relief, watch me get strapped into Tom Cruise's robo-suit from the film and do a little dancing. That's below.
“Edge of Tomorrow” opens on Friday, June 6.