own thing. to stay on track. this is a guy who never ever really let anybody pressure him or force him into doing something he did not want to do. >> john wayne had a saying that i adore he said the great ones don't remind you of anybody else. that's not quite true of transient people call him that you were stuart, they call him gary cooper but he really is just kevin costner. >> the possibilities are endless for kevin costner's future television projects, movies and even a ducky series now with fox nation untitled yellowstone 150. many more iconic moments awaits this great american actor.

>> tom cruise is intense is dedicated to the work. >> i feel the need, the need for speed. >> good morning aviators to pick raises movies to date have grossed over $10 billion. >> he is the quintessential risk taker. quiet mission impossible,. >> all these incredible stubs no near human could possibly do. ask the golden child of scientology. >> apparently it's a risky business to work with tom cruise. his movie studio dropped him over his offscreen antics. >> your reputation precedes you. >> after bit i wasn't expecting an invitation back. >> he commits to a role, when he goes in he goes all in. ♪

>> mission impossible dead reckoning part one promises to showcase tom cruise doing probably were the most dangerous stunts of his career. he's coming down this path on a motorcycle and goes right off the cliff. >> it is insane. >> and you talk about tom cruise it's easy to fall into a laundry list of the suburban to us. the biggest, the coolest, the riskiest, the highest paid, the most talked about. one thing is for sure, tom cruise never does anything halfway. and his characters, in his stance and in his faith tom cruise is all in. ♪ >> i grew up, i am a sinema geek. i live in buster keaton and i remember looking at those films seeing what they did with their

storytelling and how they used geography of the physical action of their characters too. it is something that whenever i can and i just want to entertain an audience. ♪ he was born in 1962. tom cruise a daredevil was four years old he jumped off his family's roof. >> i shudder to even think about. i really think that was the beginning of the adrenaline junkie that we know tom cruise to be today. >> he had a very unsettled structuralist childhood appeared. >> who grew up near poverty. his parents hadn't really strained relationship. his father was abusive. he went to i think 14 schools in 15 years. he had no structure, no response of home her gutsy move several times and was bullied as a kid.

he really seem to find his way through sports, wrestling. >> in the gym, he found a channel four his natural intensity. he threw himself into a strict training regiment but it did not end with the championship. >> is running up and down the stairs at home in order to get fits. and he slipped and tore his ligaments in his leg. that meant he could not enter this wrestling competition. >> he stopped playing sports and ended up in the production of guy's and dolls and the acting bug hit him. >> the injured wrestler stole the show as a goodhearted gangster nathan detroit. >> 's fellow students were all really shocked at how he was able to command the role in such a way. some greatness in him even then. >> he found structure and performing it's what gave him security pay. >> a sense of control he did not have growing up. >> he went from high school to

hollywood. he played in intense cadet in taps. and a fiery greaser in the outsiders. ♪ >> one of his first real roles as it was it for a lot of young hollywood stars, rob lowe wasn't it with him. emilio estevez. >> he was out the lead but he was fiercely competitive. >> the early stage of his career was known to try to outdo his costars. rob lowe talks about all the time he would try to one up them in terms of preparation and performance. >> tom stays in the ensemble did not last long his next role it madehim a major star. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> to let me do anything stupid. [laughter] >> is a breakout role for chunkers. he carried that movie in a way he had before. >> had a great time for. >> risky business exploded on the scene in 1983. the classic underwear dance that

was all tom. >> action as a kid i dance to the song of my living room progress he had lived this entire scene. he struggled to sladek p across the floor is too sticky so he dost the floor then he puts taped down so he can slide in his socks and land at the exact spot he needed to. it is an iconic scene. >> a start turned launch cruise into the stratosphere literally. ♪ producers wanted tom cruise for top gun because they saw him in risky business. >> i feel the need, t the need r speed. >> the first day is going to an f-14 jet of course with the pilots. he felt he had died and gone to heaven. >> best pilot. >> i think i can figure that one out for. >> everything you see in top gun

is tom cruise of flying the jet the only footage they could use was tom because all the other actors were throwing up. >> top vent was the highest was emitting 1986 progress reagan is reelected as president, the country is proud to be an american, patriotism is out there and this is the movie of the country prevents top gun does establish tom cruise as a hollywood a list or breed risky business he is young, he has hollywood heartthrob. now he is a list hollywood heartthrob because it was not long before the heartthrob fell head over heels. ♪ eats at mimi rogers in establish actress in hollywood at the time. she is also a scientologist so here we go, the relationship did not last long. but something else did. ♪ ♪ ♪

tom cruise's laser focus on his career, on his future, and getting the job right. because in his own way something to prove it. ♪ >> top gun made tom cruise in action hero but he wanted to be taken seriously as an actor so he teamed up with the best of the best. chris'schris except i comes at e stroke. >> is the best. ♪ the color of money tom cruise

to start with hollywood legend paul newman for quick screws and brightest customer intensity to the role of pool shark. >> every stunt you see in that movie on the pool table was tom cruise and in 12 hours a day learning how to do it. >> the color of money and again in cocktail cruise was flashy and brash for. >> i am your friend to rex i don't have any friends regards as of now that is for sure progress in rainman he was all grown up. >> you never, never touches general when i'm driving do you hear me? do you hear me? consider having underwear. >> what? lexi was seen as a heartthrob in anand action start know it realy saw him as someone who could take on such a serious role. he became an actor's actor. >> the actor's actor went even further for his role in born on the fourth of july.

>> itit's so interesting, tom cruise is never described as a method actor. yet he goes all in for it even off the set when he was not shooting a scene he was still in the wheelchair. >> we are here to tell the truth. people say you don't love america then get out. i love america for. >> four weeks bruce lived his life in a wheelchair he went to meetings in a wheelchair but he lived his daily life in a wheelchair. >> he was nominated for an oscar he did not win but he got something even better. >> the character he was playing the real-life person actually gave his military metal to tom cruise because of how touched and surprised he was about how accurate his performance was. >> is tom stark climbed higher he fell in love again. >> i was desperate to get your attention. >> you've got it.

i walked into a jungle. >> heat meets nicole kidman and right away sparks seem to fly and the rumors are out there that they are an item for. >> nicole is a little bit of the x factor when it comes to tom cruise split with mimi rogers. tom said when he met nicole kidman it was instant lust. >> in the beginning is to make the perfect hollywood couple. >> the ex- couple adopted two kids and try to build a normal family in hollywood. but when they work together and eyes wide shut things got weird. >> eyes wide shut is a twisted kind of movie. it is tom and nicole like we have never seen them before. >> the first sexual enthusiasm of the early years of their marriage deteriorated into mutual exhaustion, exasperation and indifference. and here they were in this mo movie. >> it is during this time that

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>> it is the one constant in tom cruises life is the scientology. it is the one thing he is not going to give up. >> tom cruise a legendary career is not without controversy, rumor and bad press. much of that stems from his relationship with the church of scientology. ♪ >> he was always surrounded by high ranking scientologist who

were effectively keeping him enthusiastic about the religion. and nicole became more and more dissolution of scientology. >> tthe crews kidman marriage ended badly scientology made it worse. nicole kidman's father was a psychiatrist that was troubling for the church of scientology. >> ait's a very tough religion you are either with us or you are against us. >> from the same time cruise called it quits with his longtime publicist pat kingsley. >> and pat kingsley arguably the biggest a powerhouse of publicist in hollywood picked him up as a client in 1992. not only did he fire him, big mistake he hired his sister that sayssayspublicist who was also scientologist. sicily started to see it all unravel very quickly over the course of a year.

>> first and awkward moment on the oprah winfrey show. tom leapt on oprah's house professing his love for katy holmes for. >> i was probably one of the courageous moments ever. [laughter] >> and next a public feud with brooke shields over her use of antidepressants. that led to a nasty exchange with matt lauer. >> this was an angry aggressive upsetting tom cruise. this is something we've never seen before. >> tom seemed unhinged in this interview. >> i was concerned that tom cruise had basically lost the plot. he had become an experiment of a weird colts, scientology. >> have gotten into it away with stephen spielberg which is a big no-no. >> hollywood heavyweights sumner redstone had seen enough. >> sumner redstone said tom cruise crazy behavior because the studio between 100 and what

are $50 million and lost a box office revenue for mission impossible three. paramount drops tom cruise after a 14 year collaboration. >> is very public firing sumner redstone said tom cruise is committing creative suicide. and then assist term for it. as firings go in hollywood, this is about as public and nasty as they get paid. >> i would like som summer redse and hollywood is so matthew, that is a hard hole to dig out of. but he does. he digs himself out. like throwing himself into work. >> hollywood turned its back, cruised turn to wall street. he and his partners said they have raised $100 million already from two hedge funds as a wall street investment poles that will help fund a new company for tom. he rebuilt his reputation doing what tom cruise does best, big blockbusters with thrilling stones. >> you are not helping.

♪ ♪ >> he scale a 2000-foot cliff with his bare hands. he hung off of the bottom of a helicopter with just his little fingefingertips big brexit work really hard at preparing. i don't just go up and do it is months and months of preparation. that in camera action as to the suspense of movies for. >> when hasn't he jumped out of a plane? at this point in the mists and pot mission impossible franchise alone have tom jumping out of a plane, hanging on the bottom of a helicopter, scaling the tallest building in the world. having a knife come so close to his eye it almost took it out. he pushes the envelope each and every time it's almost like he has a death wish. >> by 2019 hollywood was hot and tom was in cruise control. the good days would not last.

>> production around the world has stopped. hollywood fears that before this pandemic and global shutdown is finally over, we will end up losing about $20 billion. ♪

tom cruise give what are 50%. when he does he also expects that of everyone else in the film it.

>> i love to entertain an audience. that is what i do. it is a privilege for me. >> when covid brought hollywood to its knees, tom cruise cast himself as the savior of the industry. ♪ tom, himself, personally tom cruise went to the government in the uk to plead with them to allow him to continue to shoot this film and they did. there is eight leaked audio recording of him flying off the handle with some crew members who were not respecting social distancing. as he is very strong language? yes there are quite a few f bombs as the irate, yes. >> tom cruise is intense he is dedicated to the work. he is dedicated to the craft and he knows it is a business. a lot of money was at stake. >> i felt like he had a right to be angry. he, himself was on the phone with the studio day in and day out making sure these films kept

going and make sure these films end up in theaters. >> between covid and streaming and in hollywood and the theater experience is on its knees for. >> cruise wanted to do more than just make a big movie. he wanted to bring audiences back to theaters. >> tom cruise would not let this come out and streaming he would rather shelve it and have it come out the right way. >> i'm always thinking about the big screen in that experience. and i know audiences want it. and so it is a beautiful everyone is feeling it and enjoying this moment. >> your reputation precedes you. >> after a bit i was not expecting invitation back too. >> top gun maverick was just what the doctor ordered. it was big, it was bold, it was unapologetically patriotic. >> good morning aviators this is your captain speaking. >> top gun maverick really did reinvigorate the movie industry

after the pandemic. >> this movie got us back to the movie theaters. togeto gather pickups cruise thd his advance in a characteristic over the top social media posts. >> thank you for supporting maverick. for allowing us to entertain you. ask the injured wrestler turned high school musical star turned heartthrob turned actor turned action hero may have actually saved hollywood. >> is ready to slow down and take a victory lap? not on your life. >> the stunt that tom is doing for the upcoming mission impossible he is riding a writia motorcycle down a very narrow road on the hyatt cliff and then he drives off the end of it. >> i don't if i can talk about the dangers stunt without danget hyperventilating a little bit. it freaks me out just looking at

it. >> we need to pick a side. >> the new mission impossible hopes to be the biggest film of the summer. no matter what happens, tom cruise may be the biggest movie star of all time. >> to quote steven spielberg, key will go down as the man who saved hollywood. coming out of code of your brexit legacy tom cruise will leave is he is the movie star to end all movie stars. there is not a genre he cannot do. there is not a stench he can't do. there is no role he can't take. he pushes the envelope and still surprises us after all of these years. >> i don't accept that. >> i really love coming up with things i think will throw them and that is what i think i do. ♪