One of Cruise’s most profitable collaborators discusses the keys to the star’s success.
“You’re in the F-18 just like those actors are.
That’s all real, that’s not made-up.”
Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer.Christopher Jue/Getty
He adds, “The audiences love the Marvel, they love the DC stuff.
They’re beautifully made by really talented people.
Sometimes you want to see something that’s real, and that’s whatTop Gungave us… You’re actually experiencing it with our actors.”
Tom Cruise, Don Simpson, Kelly McGillis, and Jerry Bruckheimer on the set of ‘Top Gun’ in 1986.Paramount/Everett
“He helped us craft this movie.
All that energy that Tom puts into it… Nobody works harder.”
“Nobody cares more, nobody works harder than Tom,” he says.
“When we first worked with him, we let him in the process,” Bruckheimer says.
“He sat in dailies with us, he was 21 years old.
He was absorbing it all, he wanted to learn.
That’s all he wanted to do, learn.”
