"Cruise is known for bypassing doubles to performing his own stunts, pulling off wild sequences in the Mission: Impossible franchise, which has variously seen him hang off a plane in mid-air, ride off a cliff on a motorcycle and hold his breath underwater for more than six minutes. Hawke, who last week received an Oscar nomination for his role in Blue Moon, did his own stunts in forthcoming drama The Weight, but is concerned that some stars feel inferior if they decide against doing the same."
""Tom Cruise has totally changed what's expected for actors," he told Variety after The Weight premiered at Sundance Film Festival. "Some part of me is getting angry over the years because everyone somehow feels like they're less if they use a stunt team." Hawke continued: "What I liked about our movie is there were no ridiculous stunts. It's human. It's not about things blowing up, so most of the stunts were things we could do. They weren't superhero things.""
The piece contrasts Tom Cruise's high-risk stunt approach with Ethan Hawke's concern over industry pressure for actors to perform dangerous stunts. Cruise has repeatedly bypassed doubles, executing extreme sequences such as hanging off a plane, riding off a cliff and holding his breath underwater for minutes. Hawke performed modest practical stunts in The Weight but warns that some performers now feel inferior if they use stunt teams. The Weight emphasizes human, non-superhero action and follows a 1930s widower smuggling gold to gain early release from a work camp. The film premiered at Sundance and received strong reviews.
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