The public of the world Mission: Impossible – The last calculationThe eighth and ultimate episode of the longtime spying thriller franchise. The film promises to raise the bar again for the waterfalls defying the death of the star Tom Cruise as an indestructible Ethan Hunt agent, who feels an impossible mission. But if someone can do it, it would be necessary that the megawatt a-list which made his series of marquee an argument for the support himself, and the excitement of seeing the action of the white jig on the big screen-ideally with a bucket of popcorn on your knees.
It is not only a suggestion. For Cruise, it seems that popcorn is a necessary part of the magic of the film, and during this press tour, he let no one forget it. Consequently, movie fanatics on the internet speak as much about the actor’s “popcorn” lore “as his 30-year parachuting, his free motorcycle and rock rock worldwide for our entertainment.
A surprising fact, as revealed by the writer and podcaster Rachel Leishman on the social platform X this week, is the amount of pop-cren cruise claims to consume during a film. In a pre-depreciation appearance for a preliminary presentation of The final calculationShe wrote: “First, he asked us not all once but twice if we had popcorn (I showed her my bucket to confirm)”, then I informed the crowd: “I normally eat two big buckets myself during a film.” It is an astounding admission not only for someone who has remained in a state of athletic rush in the sixties, but also astounding for the many of us who have a stomach in eating a fraction as much popcorn.
However, Cruise clearly believes that it is the optimal quantity of snacks for successful experience. When he went on stage during a recent projection, he was filmed by showing that a man in the front row had finished his popcorn bucket before the start of the film. Rather than teasing it, as you would expect, Cruise was then heard saying: “You have to go get more!” For Mr. Hollywood himself, these are two buckets or nothing, and if you host the first when the trailers end, well, it is a practical timing for a re-up.
People were also tickled by how Cruise eats his popcorn, as shown in a clip where he turns in the wings of the British Film Institute Imax (the largest cinema screen in the United Kingdom, of course) as it is presented by the CEO of the organization. Here, the cruise more rocks a medium-sized popcorn container with its microphone, using its free hand to throw popcorn in its mouth in an exaggerated chaotic way (the gesture is so vigorous, in fact, that it ends up getting cores out of the cardboard when its hand returns). You have the impression that, well aware of the cameras on him, Cruise is interim his passion for popcorn, or devouring him of character, with an intensity adapted to his Mission: Impossible Alter ego. “I have to change the way I eat popcorn,” said an astonished user of X.
Cruise also stopped at Lincoln Square’s AMC Theater in New York, where he seemed magnetically attracted by the tables where the employees gave popcorn: he stayed and discussed with them for a while, according to the Bystigers, of course while feasting on a bucket of his own. (In particular, he seemed to use the more traditional method of the handle of the handle with the popcorn inhalation mouth rather than the technique demonstrated in London.) Even holding an almost full bucket, he pointed out: “I will grasp some buckets of popcorn.” Reacting to the video, a spectator observed that “one of the best parts of a new MID The department is that Tom emerges from his Cryo room and interacts humans with us for a few days. Another replied: “He feeds on his body weight in popcorn before returning to stasis.”
Although this popcorn fixation can be news for some, the cruises committed have documented it for years. In a promotional video in 2023 for the previous one Mission: Impossible Episode, Cruise took advantage of a substantial bathtub between the appearances between the media during a multi-city projection visit. “I love my popcorn,” he said before savoring a bite. “Movies. Popcorn, ”he concludes, as if nothing could be deeper than this union of mass and junk food.
The following year, Cruise struck the theater to celebrate the release of Twistersled by sound Top Gun: Maverick Co-star, Glen Powell. A real professional, he knew how to hold back his Twisters-Brand Popcorn bag for maximum promotional value when the pair posed for photos. Not only that, when he noticed that Powell did not do his own popcorn in the context, he advised him: “Do you want to hold that?” It is a pure masterclass in the management of popcorn.
“Tom Cruise has become a film star just so that he could eat free cinema popcorn for the rest of his life,” speculated at least one person, and it is not the craziest theory. His love for salty delicacy and butter is such that he will make the unthinkable: leave cinema While snacking on a half full bucket, not even putting it back to a security guard while he signs posters for fans, and probably enjoy the rest of the car. Ask yourself: Have you ever taken theater popcorn to a second location? No, because you are not Tom Cruise and you can never understand how it feeds it. For everything he has done to “save the films”, it seems that he is just as serious about concessions – which, moreover, is the way cinemas remain in business. Yeah, it’s a guy who never stops thinking about the overview.