The actor has made a film of himself at a preview – a PR stunt with a serious pretext: without cinema-going, his brand of big-screen blockbuster won’t survive.
We’ve seen him climb skyscrapers. We’ve seen him shatter his ankle leaping between buildings. We’ve seen him cling to the side of an aeroplane as it roars into the sky. But this week Tom Cruise embarked upon his most dangerous stunt yet: going to see a film, in a cinema, with other people, during the coronavirus pandemic. Truly, the man knows no fear.