Tom Cruise Much attention was paid to the 2023 Oscars, although he was not present at the ceremony.
The star and producer of Top Gun: Maverick, who was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture, did not attend Sunday’s ceremony at the Dolby Theatre. Cruise, who received a best picture nomination as a maverick producer, is busy producing the eighth film in his long-running Mission: Impossible franchise, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
But footage of Cruise from the film was shown shortly after the start of the telecast during an opening montage depicting the year’s films. the host Jimmy Kimmel A prominent Maverick scene was spliced in and seen talking to Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell from the cockpit. When Cruise’s character asked to pull the plane’s ejection handle, Kimmel responded, “I don’t want to pull the handle. What’s wrong with this guy?” When Cruise asked to be kicked out again, Kimmel quipped, “Why are you like this, Tom?”
After the video segment, Kimmel is then seen descending from the roof wearing a parachute. “Give me a second to adjust my danger zone here,” Kimmel joked, referencing the Oscar-winner Kenny Loggins’ song, “Danger Zone,” from the original 1986 film, which was also used in the sequel. was gone
During the monologue, Kimmel discussed the film by jokingly mentioning “a smaller, independent film called Top Gun: Maverick.”
Kimmel pointed to the fact that Cruise is one of the most prominent members of the Church of Scientology, which was founded by L. Performed by Ron Hubbard. “The movie that saved movies,” Kimmel said. “Everybody loved Top Gun — everybody. I mean, Tom Cruise with his shirt off in that beach football scene. L. Ron hubba-hubba — you know what I’m saying?”
The host went on to point out that neither Cruise nor Avatar: The Way of Water director James Cameron — both ardent champions of the theatrical experience — attended the ceremony.
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“The two guys who insisted we go to the theater didn’t come to the theater,” Kimmel said. “So if you’re expecting to see Tom Cruise, he’s not here. Or maybe he’s here. Maybe he’s just Tom Cruise over there, wearing a Judd Hirsch Mission: Impossible mask. There is. There’s only one. Way to find out: Judd, we need you to ride a motorcycle off the roof of the theater.”
When Maverick’s team took home the Oscar for best sound, marking the film’s only win, Cruise was among those thanked during the acceptance speech.
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