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Emily Blunt says Tom Cruise once told her to ‘stop being such a p—’ on set

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Emily Blunt is pulling back the curtain on what it was like to work with Tom Cruise on “Edge of Tomorrow.”

In a new episode of the “SmartLess” podcast that premiered Dec. 5 on Wondery and will be available Monday on other streaming platforms, Blunt recalled Cruise telling her to “stop being such a p—” behind the scenes of their 2014 action film .

According to Entertainment Weekly , the “Devil Wears Prada” and “A Quiet Place” actor recounted her experience working on “Edge of Tomorrow” to “SmartLess” co-hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett. She said that the sci-fi movie’s futuristic, mechanical costumes weighed about 85 pounds, which pushed her to her breaking point one day on set.

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“It was so heavy,” she said, according to Entertainment Weekly.

“The first time I put it on I just started to cry in front of Tom, and he didn’t know what to do. He just stared at me. I was like, ‘Tom, I’m not sure how I’m going to get through this shoot,’ and just started to cry. I said, ‘I’m just feeling a bit panicky about the whole shoot.’ He just stared at me for a long time, not knowing what to do, and he goes, ‘Come on, stop being such a p—, OK?’”

Blunt said she laughed off the remark and was able to make it through the shoot with Cruise. Though she admitted the “training was intense” and that it “would’ve been great” if the effects department had just tricked out the costumes using CGI.

“We wanted to do it practically and in a tactile way,” she said. “When you hear the word ‘tactile,’ you think that sounds nice and cozy. There was nothing cozy about wearing these suits.”

A representative for Cruise did not immediately respond Sunday to The Times’ request for comment.

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Emily Blunt Hilariously Explained How Edge Of Tomorrow And Tom Cruise Still Cause Her Back Pain

Despite the strain it might put on her back, Emily Blunt is eager and ready to reprise the action movie role.

Edge of Tomorrow is one of the best action movies that's often overlooked outside of dedicated film enthusiast circles. For years, fans have been buzzing about a potential sequel, and fanning the hype Emily Blunt openly expressed her desire to be part of that sequel, despite sharing a humorous story about how working on the original film with Tom Cruise still results in back pain for her.

Sometimes, acting in stunt-heavy movies can lead to tangible discomfort, as Emily Blunt amusingly revealed on the Happy Sad Confused Podcast in a video shared on host Josh Horowitz's Instagram . Even though she was deep into promoting Oppenheimer alongside its stacked cast , the actress vividly recalled her challenging experiences wearing the hefty mech suit for Edge of Tomorrow . Indeed, the experience seems to have left a physical mark. During the interview, when the host suggested that her memories of the cumbersome exo suit might have faded, much like the trials of pregnancy, the Mary Poppins veteran was quick to set the record straight: 

No, I don't forget. No, my back still tweaks out on me sometimes. You know, I'll like, turn funny in the car, and I'll just be like, 'Tom Cruise!’

This isn't the first instance The Devil Wears Prada star has spoken about the physically demanding costumes in the sci-fi movie. She even recalled a moment when Cruise asked her to "stop being such a pussy" when she broke down on set. Yet, despite the potential for spine discomfort, Emily Blunt remains enthusiastic about reprising her role in an Edge of Tomorrow sequel. She's indicated that she's not the one stalling the much-speculated project . She's even laid eyes on a script! She added:

There was [a script] that Doug kind of slithered over to me… I would love to make it a reality, but I just don’t know when, or how, or how many Mission: Impossibles does he [Tom Cruise] need?

Given that Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I has not quite lived up to box office expectations , despite being well-liked by viewers, there seems to be a lesser buzz surrounding the film. While we know Part II of the M:I mission is one the way, the idea of a sequel to the 2014 film might not be as far-fetched as previously thought. And, as you can see in the video below, Emily Blunt is more than ready to make it happen.

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Keep an eye on this space for any updates regarding Edge of Tomorrow 2 . In the meantime, fans of Emily Blunt can enjoy her performance, albeit, with far fewer back injuries, in Christopher Nolan's critically lauded Oppenheimer , currently screening in cinemas. For updates on other film releases set for the 2023 movie schedule , keep following CinemaBlend.

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‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Review: Tom Cruise’s Groundhog Starship Butterfly Source Code Troopers Day Effect (Video)

It’s a familiar sci-fi mashup, but director Doug Liman knows how to find the fun and the thrills in this tale of an alien-fighting soldier who lives the same day over and over again

Tom Cruise has a killer case of déjà vu in “Edge of Tomorrow,” and he’s not the only one; viewers will pick out plot elements from “Groundhog Day,” “Starship Troopers,” “Source Code,” and “The Butterfly Effect” from this exciting sci-fi action epic, adapted from the delightfully-titled novel “All You Need Is Kill.”

The familiarity never gets in the way of the fun, however, with director Doug Liman (“The Bourne Identity,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”) and screenwriters Christopher McQuarrie (who recently directed Cruise in “Jack Reacher” ), Jez Butterworth, and John-Henry Butterworth keeping the plot moving forward (albeit in a circle) with surprising injections of wit.

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It seems like a million years ago now, but there was a time when Liman made his name with explosion-free comedies like “Swingers” and “Go”; it’s that latter film that “Edge of Tomorrow” most often resembles, with its out-of-order-ticking-clock structure and its pampered protagonist who quickly finds himself way in over his head.

“Tomorrow” begins with a rapid-fire montage of news reports of an alien invasion of Europe; all seems lost until soldier Rita Vrataski ( Emily Blunt ), also known as “the Angel of Verdun,” wipes out a bunch of E.T.s in the military’s new exo-skeleton armor/weaponry. The U.S. Army’s PR officer, Major Bill Cage (Tom Cruise), appears on news shows around the world to reassure the public that international fighting forces, equipped with similar battle suits, will have the same success as the relatively untrained Rita.

That “glory” occurs the next morning, and it’s a catastrophe, with human forces being picked off easily by the aliens. Through sheer luck, Cage outlasts most of his comrades, even killing a larger, more threatening alien, who bleeds all over Cage before killing him…at which point Cage wakes up at Heathrow again.

Cage keeps trying to change the sequence of events, but he keeps dying and waking up and dying and waking up over and over again. Everything seems immutable — until he runs into Rita on the battlefield, and she tells him, “Find me when you wake up.”

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Rita, it turns out, was also once infected by one of those larger aliens, and it connected her to the alien hive-mind, giving her the same cyclical immortality until a blood transfusion stripped her of those abilities. Mankind’s only hope is for Rita to turn Cage into a soldier (no matter how many times she has to kill him to do it) so that the two can find the alien alpha-mind that controls the entire invading force.

Like the wartime movies of the 1940s (not to mention Paul Verhoeven’s parody of same in “Starship Troopers”), “Edge of Tomorrow” is a movie where a callow, selfish d-bag learns to be a better person by going to war. We’ve seen Cruise on this jerk-to-gem path before, although this film seems almost cannily designed to draw in ticket buyers who are fed up with the actor. “Don’t like Tom Cruise?” the film seems to be offering, “Come watch him get killed over and over again!”

He’s actually delivering a nicely underplayed performance, as though he were aware that it’s the high-concept plot that’s the real star here. Blunt commits to the material as well; she might seem wildly miscast as a war hero, but given the strange circumstances by which Rita achieves her notoriety (as does Cage), it makes sense that they didn’t cast a Sigourney Weaver type.

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Liman gives editor James Herbert ( “Sherlock Holmes” ) a lot to work with, giving us different angles on repeated scenes (except when making them identical is part of the joke); for a film about repetition, “Edge of Tomorrow” never feels tired or familiar.

If there’s anything disappointing about the film, it involves the ending; it’s a defensible one, but everything leading up to it fooled me into expecting something smarter or more daring. Ultimately, though, “Edge of Tomorrow” feels sharper and more clever than it might have been in other hands, and for a big summer star vehicle, that’s surprise enough.

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Tom Cruise rewatch: Edge of Tomorrow is practically designed to be revisited several times

The Groundhog Day of sci-fi action, it stars both a very un-Tom Tom, and, a bit later, the intensely disciplined Cruise we know and love.

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Watch enough summer blockbusters and it can seem like you're viewing the same one over and over again. It is ironic, then, that one of the greatest big-budget extravaganzas to be unleashed on movies screens during the warmer months in recent times — as well as one of the best Tom Cruise movies ever — does exactly that.

In director Doug Liman's 2014 alien invasion movie Edge of Tomorrow , Cruise plays a publicity flack named William Cage who is sent off to die at the hands (well, technically at the the luminescent tentacles) of the monstrous Mimics after falling foul of Brendan Gleeson's General Brigham. Cage does indeed swiftly perish during the course of the human forces' doomed attempt to establish a beachhead in alien-controlled France but gets covered in extraterrestrial blood before he dies, giving him the power to do-over the previous day every time he croaks.

Cruise's character teams with Emily Blunt 's war hero Rita Vrataski, who previously possessed the same power Cage now wields, and together the pair attempt to execute a plan which will banish the alien menace forever, with Blunt literally and repeatedly executing Cruise along the way. The result is in many ways a combination of 1962 D-Day drama The Longest Day with beloved romantic-comedy Groundhog Day . It's a minor miracle the film was never called The Longest Groundhog Day , given that the movie was originally called All You Need Is Kill , was retitled Edge of Tomorrow for its theatrical release, and was then retitled again as Live. Die. Repeat.: Edge of Tomorrow when it arrived on home media.

Edge of Tomorrow is a blast, regardless of what you choose to call it. The film is blessed with a script co-written by Tony-winning playwright Jez Butterworth, his brother John-Henry, and longtime Cruise collaborator Christopher McQuarrie which is both sharp and, when it comes to the time travel aspect of the movie, tricksy. Liman, whose previous credits included Swingers and the first Bourne movie, handles the action mayhem with aplomb while leaving room for moments of drama and comedy between Cruise and Blunt. The latter fulsomely establishes her genre heroine credentials as she marauds through the battlefield clad in her exoskeleton-armor slaying aliens with a modified helicopter blade.

The film's secret weapon — though there is little that is low-key about his performance — is the late Bill Paxton as Master Sergeant Farrell, a voluble exemplar of gung-ho militarism who is put in charge of Cruise's initially reluctant soldier. When I spoke with Paxton about the film, the Aliens actor described it as a "very underrated movie" and also recalled how Cruise had been supportive of him during his early time on set. "We knew each other in passing, so he was digging that," said the actor. "I remember him saying, 'You're killing this part!' I said, 'I haven't done anything yet!' He goes, 'You're killing it!'"

Tom Cruise is, of course, a legendarily enthusiastic person, but it's easy to understand why he might have felt particularly keen on his role in Edge of Tomorrow . The Top Gun star initially gets to play a nice reversal of his usual onscreen persona, portraying someone who runs away from danger rather than toward it, and doesn't even know how to turn off his own gun's safety switch. His character then turns into someone hellbent on achieving perfection through training, a plot development which surely must have appealed to this most autodidactic of actors.

Edge of Tomorrow earned $370 million at the box office around the world, which was regarded as something of a disappointment given its high budget of a reported $178 million. Liman has repeatedly talked-up a sequel, to be called Live Die Repeat and Repeat but last year Blunt indicated to EW that the project still languished in development hell. "That was an amazing script, but I just don't know what the future holds for it," the actress said.

In truth, it is hard to know how they could top a movie whose thrilling mix of action, humor, action, romance, science fiction, propulsive plotting, and terrific central performance renders Edge of Tomorrow one of Cruise's most enjoyable films. Whether you like like seeing the star doing incredible things or having incredibly awful things done to him, this is a movie that was made for repeat viewings.

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Tom Cruise Marks 10 Years Since Edge of Tomorrow with 'Great Friend' Emily Blunt: 'Incredible Memories'

"I love her performance in this film. Her dedication. Her humor. Her vulnerability and power. She brought it all," he said

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Tom Cruise is marking a decade since the release of Edge of Tomorrow and praising costar Emily Blunt .

On June 6, the actor, 61, shared a post on Instagram reflecting on the production and release of 2014's Edge of Tomorrow, including his fellow cast and crew, especially Blunt, 41.

"It's been 10 years since Edge of Tomorrow first hit theaters!" Cruise wrote. "I want to take the opportunity to thank Emily Blunt once again for being such a great friend and brilliant actress . I love her performance in this film. Her dedication. Her humor. Her vulnerability and power. She brought it all."

"This anniversary brings back incredible memories," he continued, before thanking the film's director, more of his costars, including late actor Bill Paxton.

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"My first collaboration with Doug Liman. Rejoining the indomitable Brendan Gleeson. And my first time working alongside the great [Paxton]. His performance and the character he created left an indelible mark on this film."

Led by Cruise as a military public relations officer with little combat experience, Edge of Tomorrow is an apocalyptic sci-fi film that takes place after Europe has been occupied by aliens. Cruise's character is forced into combat against his will, and finds himself stuck in a time loop, fighting the same battles over and over again as Blunt trains him as a fighter.

"Hitting this kind of tone was no easy task," Cruise continued in his caption. "The writing and storytelling of Christopher McQuarrie made the movie work. Along with the dedication of our entire team who helped bring it to the screen — it was an absolute joy creating it with you all."

"To everyone who has enjoyed this film over the years, thank you for being a fan. And thank you to Warner Bros. for making this film," he added. "I can't wait to share more about the great movies we’re working on."

Blunt has also been candid about her time on the film, opening up in a 2022 interview on the  SmartLess  podcast, hosted by  Jason Bateman ,  Will Arnett  and  Sean Hayes , about the physical difficulties she had on the set.

"We had to wear these enormous suits, which I think would've been great if we had CGI'd them, but we wanted to do it in a tactile way," Blunt said during the podcast, noting "there was nothing cozy" about these 85-lb. suits.

"I was like, 'Tom, I'm not sure how I'm going to get through this shoot,' and just started to cry," Blunt continued, before revealing how Cruise got her to laugh and power through the production.

"I was like, 'I'm feeling a bit panicky about the whole shoot,' and he literally goes — he just stared at me for a long time, not knowing what to do, and he goes, ' Come on, stop being such a p----, okay ?'"

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"And I did laugh, and then we got through it," Blunt added, though she noted that she ultimately did injure her ribs and collarbone during the shoot. "But the training was intense. It was like twice a day we trained for it."

While appearing at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles for a  moderated conversation  with filmmaker Rob Marshall last year, Blunt also spoke about working with Cruise on Edge of Tomorrow, sharing that he helps to "tighten the screws on everyone when it comes to what you think you're capable of."

"Because he can do everything and wants to do everything, it makes you want to meet him where he is at," she saide, adding, "He's so inspiring. Such a doll to me."

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In almost every action movie, the hero never dies.  If he does die, he's always alive at the end.  He is immortal by default.  Doug Liman 's Edge of Tomorrow provides a sly commentary not only on the action genre, but also touches on notions of destiny, providence, choice, and sacrifice.  However, its most intriguing aspect is how it aligns with the career of its ageless, persevering star.  Tom Cruise is the eternal action star, who is both dominant in and yet trapped by his career circumstances.  His captivating performance in Edge of Tomorrow is both reflective and fresh as he doesn't distract from the fascinating, exciting film, but his presence gives an extra pop to a film that will bring you back for repeat viewings.

The Earth is under attack by aliens known as "mimics", so named for their ability to quickly adapt and even anticipate our counterattacks.  Although humanity was able to score a big victory thanks to soldier Rita Vrataski ( Emily Blunt ), who was able to take down 1,000 mimics, the plan is to stage massive strike to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop.  Major Bill Cage (Cruise), a callow, media relations officer, is demoted and forced into service.  During the battle, he sacrifices himself to take down a mimic, and as Cage is dying, he absorbs some of the creature's blood.  It allows him to keep returning to the day before this incident no matter how many times he "dies".  After finding Rita, she reveals the same thing once happened to her, and that the ability is the key to defeating the mimics.

Groundhog Day is the easiest comparison since both main characters are stuck in a time loop, but a more appropriate comparison for Edge of Tomorrow is the 2011 film Source Code , which features a protagonist who must die again and again in order to complete his mission.  Groundhog Day features a different set of existential challenges since there's no explanation for Phil ( Bill Murray ) reliving the same day nor does he have to die in order to do so.  Although the mimic's blood is a useful plot device, providing the weight of death in a sci-fi/action movie gives Edge of Tomorrow a unique perspective.

Because we understand Cage's ability and mission, Edge of Tomorrow is always at war with its own certainty as well as the certainty of the genre.  Cage knows he can learn from his deaths, and although he doesn't particularly enjoy dying, it also gives him a godlike power.  Death is what gives meaning to our lives, so the story has to give Cage a purpose as well as a new meaning that will free him from the cowardice and selfishness he displays at the beginning of the movie.  The film is always trying to find the right balance of vulnerability and invincibility, and that means providing Cage's mission with dead ends even if he can't die.

One of the remarkable aspects of Edge of Tomorrow is how it's always threatening to become stale but remains surprising.  There's a videogame aspect where characters use terms like "Game over" and "Let's reset", and they could easily undermine the life and death stakes.  A game like Super Meat Boy , which is about making sure your character doesn't die horribly as he makes his way to the end of the level, is fun, but doesn't have much in the way of emotional investment.  Edge of Tomorrow finds its emotional center by giving Cage something, or rather someone, to live for: Rita.

Although Rita lost the ability to time loop, she's the only one who understands Cage's predicament, and forces him to become her equal and share her values.  When Cage tells her he's not a soldier, she replies, "Of course you're not.  You're a weapon."  Cage has to build past this dehumanization by convincing a woman who hardly knows him how much he cares for her, and how her safety becomes more important than his own.  Rita makes saving the world into something more personal and adds some of the movie's key moments of humor as she takes it upon herself to casually murder Cage over and over again.  He has infinite lives, but he always "awakens" in a state of shock.

The dark comedy is another way Edge of Tomorrow uses its premise to skillfully play with the tone as it can't completely ignore the fact that Cage's life is now somewhat cheap even though his reset ability is invaluable.  The combination of Liman's direction, James Herbert 's editing, and the screenplay from Christopher McQuarrie , Jez Butterworth , and John-Henry Butterworth superbly balances both the comedy and the drama.  The comic timing in particular keeps the movie upbeat and becomes crucial at the moments where the movie starts to sag.

We're always pushed just far enough to where we're wondering how far Cage has come and where his previous experience ends.  The time-loop device gives the movie a brilliant out where it never has to worry about plot holes.  Cage always knows as much as he needs to know, and rarely deals with any minor impediments in his task.  If he needs to convince someone to do something, all he has to do is display intimate knowledge of that person's life or point out an imminent event such as someone about to perform a specific task.  And yet the movie never loses its energy despite Cage coasting through potential conflicts.  Again, there are so many places where Edge of Tomorrow could go wrong, but Liman keeps us on our toes by throwing us little twists and turns.

Edge of Tomorrow is easily Liman's best non-indie film.  The Bourne Identity is a series that didn't become good until Paul Greengrass ' two sequels, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith , while enjoyable enough, lacks an ending (the less said about Jumper , the better).  Edge of Tomorrow has the director firing on all cylinders.  The knack for comedy he displayed in his indies Go and Swingers , is on full display, the action is fluid and dynamic, the mimics look terrific, and he never forgets the dramatic stakes.  It also doesn't hurt that the lead character is perfectly cast.

In an interview last year on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , Stewart remarked that he and Cruise were both fifty even though Cruise looked so much younger.  Starting out as a baby-faced actor helps, but Cruise has never lost his youthful vigor.  Even in his worst films, his energy is undiminished, and even if the performance doesn't click quite right, there's never any doubt he's giving 110%.  All successful actors have their various talents, and Cruise is adept at giving everything he has to keep the audience entertained .

As Amy Nicholson wisely pointed out on her excellent piece regarding Cruise's career , public opinion has apparently dissuaded the actor from taking on riskier work.  His last daring project, War of the Worlds , a dark 9/11 parable in the guise of a summer action flick, came at the same time when he was recast in the public eye as mentally unstable, and so he's shied away from more challenging films like Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia .  Four of his last five movies have been action-oriented, and while he's one of the best at doing these kinds of popcorn flicks, they've also become a bit of a trap.

The plot of Edge of Tomorrow does provide a bit of parallel to Cruise's career.  Even though the role was written to take a 51-year-old actor down to the level of a recruit, Cruise makes it work perfectly as he taps into the fear and confusion of a person half his age.  Watching Cage grow into a calm, collected, battle-hardened hero is like watching a condensed version of his career but with the added dimension of fear.  The Cruise of Top Gun and the Mission: Impossible series are confident men of action from the moment they walk on screen.  Cage may be cocky when we first meet him, but his cowardice is quickly exposed, and Edge of Tomorrow provides a new journey as we see a Cruise action-hero gain his confidence throughout the picture rather than briefly lose it midway only to regain it at the film's climax.

His latest film accommodates him perfectly as it does almost every other single element.  Edge of Tomorrow is always on the edge of imploding.  It could have been killed by repetitiveness, an invincible hero, an old actor in a familiar role, gimmicky action, and misusing the premise.  Thankfully, Edge of Tomorrow never has to learn from its mistakes since it hardly makes any.  It's always vibrant, humorous, thrilling, and surprisingly thoughtful.   I look forward to going back again.

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Tom Cruise is apparently still interested in “ Edge of Tomorrow 2,” according to director Doug Liman . Speaking to Empire magazine , Liman said that he recently rewatched the 2014 action movie with his leading man, and the two continue to be in touch about the long-planned sequel.

“No, we keep talking about it,” Liman said when asked if “Edge of Tomorrow 2″ is dead. “We love that world.”

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“I haven’t necessarily always had the good fortune of having movies that have huge opening weekends,” Liman told Empire. “‘Bourne Identity’ lost to ‘Scooby-Doo’ [on] its opening weekend. And ‘Swingers’ came and went from the theaters. What I’ve come to understand is, I’m making movies for the long term. I’m an ego-driven guy, I’d like to get accolades now. But I also recognize that, if I was given the choice, I’ll choose making films that people 50 years from now are still watching.”

Warner Bros. announced in 2019 that it was officially developing an “Edge of Tomorrow 2,” but there’s been no concrete updates since then. Cruise recently signed a dea l with Warner Bros. to develop movies, which has led many fans to wonder if that will include a sequel.

Emily Blunt appeared on Variety’s “Awards Circuit” podcast last December and revealed she also has continued talks with Liman about a sequel.

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Ten years after being released to critical acclaim and commercial success, Doug Liman's sci-fi action extravaganza Edge of Tomorrow has repeated its popularity on Netflix in 2024. Among the most-watched movies on the platform since its addition in August, the Tom Cruise star vehicle continues to inch closer to an official sequel. According to Liman in an interview with Variety in July 2024, the time-loop action-thriller features a world the original cast and crew are willing to return to. However, if the original movie's altered ending were left intact, perhaps they'd feel differently.

Indeed, Edge of Tomorrow fans may be unaware of the much darker alternative ending originally scripted for the sci-fi thriller. More fascinating yet, Tom Cruise was the one who suggested ending the film on a more positive and uplifting note, proving why he's arguably the greatest movie star storyteller of the 21st century. As the film celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2024, looking back at Edge of Tomorrow 's twisted alternate ending and peering ahead to Edge of Tomorrow 2 couldn't be more timely.

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Loosely based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel All You Need is Kill, Edge of Tomorrow is an American science fiction action thriller directed by Doug Liman. Tom Cruise stars as Major William Cage, a global United Defense Force (UFD) PR officer forced to guide the resistance against the Mimics, a deadly alien race occupying Europe in a post-apocalyptic future . Despite his lack of combat experience, Cage is continually forced to fight for his life after becoming trapped in a mysterious time loop. In what functions as a hyper-violent militaristic version of Groundhog Day , Cage turns to former war hero Sargeant Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt) for help.

Dispatched to the frontline in France to fight the Mimics, Cage uses a landmine to blow up an Alpha Mimic. When he awakes at Heathrow Airport the following day, Cage realizes he has died and is reliving the previous day over and over . Every day, Cage dies a gruesome death on the beach due to the time-altering Omega blood in his body, only to wake up at Heathrow and repeat the horrors. Yet, each day, Cage also gains more battlefield experience, learning more about the time loop and how it works.

As Cage and Vrataski work together, they learn the Mimics are a hive-minded superorganism controlled by Omega. They discover that each time an Alpha Mimic is murdered, Omega resets the time loop and alters its methods until the aliens emerge victoriously. Once the discovery is made, Cage and Vrataski train to fight the Omega by entering several time loops and bolstering their combat skills. The movie ends with Cage saving the world by successfully destroying the Omega and the Mimics, although he is the only one who remembers what transpired . It's a much happier and more uplifting ending than what screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie originally had in mind.

The Much Darker Alternative Ending

Edge of Tomorrow 's darker alternative ending, discarded during filming, would have picked up as Cage and Vrataski arrive in Paris to fight the Omega. Essentially repeating what the audience is well aware of by this point in the story, Cage gives a lengthy exposition explaining that killing an Alpha Mimic results in a reset time loop. Cage tells his crew, "We'll be right back here having this conversation, and we won't even know it."

After warning his crew, one of Cage's soldiers is separated from the group and is forced to kill an Alpha upon attack. Just as Cage had admonished, the Alpha's death results in the Omega resetting the time loop, and Cage and his crew repeat the same conversation. Following the ominous line, "You can bet they'll have a plan for killing us all," a hail of bullets pelts the airplane. Abruptly and quite startlingly, the movie would have ended with Cage and his crew left awaiting their demise as the Mimics continue their invasion . In addition to ending with an anticlimactic downturn, Liman believes the scene's overuse of exposition would have exhausted viewers and added to an already convoluted plot.

According to Liman via Film School Rejects , "When Tom loses the power, and they go to Paris, and Tom is preparing the team as they go into Paris where he’s telling them the rules of the movie, he tells the team everything the audience knows. Basically, he told them: ‘Kill as many Mimics as you want but do not kill an Alpha. If you kill an alpha we’ll be right back here having this conversation, and we won’t even know it. The enemy will know we’re coming and they’ll kill us all.'" He continued:

"When they get to Paris there’s the classic horror movie scene where one of them gets separated from the group, and he gets attacked by an Alpha and kills it. As he kills it, you see the Omega reset the day and you see the point-of-view of the villain. We cut to the plane and hear the same speech all over again. This time when he gets to the line, ‘You can bet they’ll have a plan to kill us all,’ the ship gets hit. As the audience, you realize the enemy knows they’re coming. The problem was you were so exhausted by the time you got to that point."

Another reason McQuarrie opted for the lighter, happier ending (which Cruise suggested) related to the sense of humor injected into the story . Had Edge of Tomorrow ended with a darker alternative, the script rewrites done to make audiences laugh throughout the film would have been nullified. Still, if fans look closely enough, dialog from the darker ending can be heard in the officially released cut. Regardless, the ending has little bearing on the potential sequel, something Liman, Cruise, and Blunt are all interested in making.

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What Is the Status of Edge of Tomorrow 2?

In July 2024, Doug Liman spoke with Variety about the potential for Edge of Tomorrow 2 being made. According to the director, the principal talent involved would love to return to the world of war-torn future Europe even ten years after the original. Liman explains:

"Tom and I just actually rewatched it about two months ago, because I hadn’t seen it in 10 years. I was like, ‘Wow, that is a really good movie. No, we keep talking about it. We love that world ."

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In addition to Liman and Cruise returning to the sci-fi realm , the director also says Emily Blunt is keen on returning to the franchise. According to Blunt:

"Doug and I talk all the time about it. I know Tom wants to do it, hopefully, at some point. But it’s timing, but it’s also been 10 years since we made it…There was an amazing script in the works, but I think it would only have worked if we shot it eight years ago. I’m not saying we’re that ancient, but you have to factor in it’s been 10 years.”

While Liman jokes about having bad box office luck, Edge of Tomorrow ranks among his most financially successful movies. The film grossed $370 worldwide on a $178 budget (via Box Office Mojo ), and has continued to foster favor among action movie fans. With Edge of Tomorrow instantly shooting atop Netflix's most-watched movie charts, one month after Liman spoke with Variety , the chances of the movie being made sooner than later are stronger than ever.

Edge of Tomorrow is available to stream on Netflix.

Emily Blunt Sets The Record Straight About The Tom Cruise Confrontation On The Set Of Edge Of Tomorrow

When it comes to conversations around some of the best science fiction movies of the last decade , it's hard not to include "Edge of Tomorrow." The time-bending epic, which stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt as Major William Cage and Sergeant Rita Vrataski respectively, shows humanity at war with an alien race called the Mimics. Utilizing a time loop concept, the movie sees Cage reliving the same day over and over again as he attempts to defeat the threat alongside Vrataski.

"Edge of Tomorrow" was well-received by both fans and critics, garnering a 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes . Rumors of an "Edge of Tomorrow" sequel have swirled ever since the release of the original film in 2014, and a television show has also been teased . However, Blunt recently brought talks of "Edge of Tomorrow" back into the limelight, when she spoke about her experiences filming the sci-fi film. This includes recounting an incident in which she broke down crying on set in front of Cruise over the extremely heavy ExoSuit she had to wear (per the "SmartLess" podcast ). According to Blunt, Cruise's response was, "He just stared at me for a long time, not knowing what to do, and he goes, 'Come on, stop being such a p***y, okay?'"

Some have viewed this as a harsh response on Cruise's part and the actor has seen some criticism directed his way. Blunt, however, has now clarified her comments and hopes to set the record straight when it comes to her relationship with the action star.

Blunt says Cruise was joking and that they still laugh about it

In a recent interview with E! News , Emily Blunt expressed confusion at the backlash against Tom Cruise over his comments to her during the filming of "Edge of Tomorrow." She made it clear that she didn't reveal the story in order to bash Cruise, but to recount an incident that actually made her laugh. Blunt made it clear that she and Cruise remain friends to this day and that they laugh over the on-set exchange.

"It's ludicrous that it's being spun as something that offended me," Blunt said. "It didn't. I shared the story as lightheartedly as it was meant by Tom. It was said as a joke to make me laugh, which it did in a big way. And it's still something we laugh about to this day."

It seems as if Blunt is not as affected or outraged by the incident as some would believe. It's also not surprising, given some of Cruise's reported on-set interactions with his co-stars in the past. While filming "Top Gun: Maverick," Miles Teller recounted a somewhat scary story where jet fuel was found in his blood (per "Late Night with Seth Myers" ). Cruise's response was pretty much what anyone would expect. "I go to set the next day and Tom's like, 'How did it go Miles? What did they find?' I was like, 'Well, Tom, it turns out I have jet fuel in my blood.' And without even skipping a beat Tom goes 'Yeah, I was born with it, kid.'"

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How tom cruise’s olympics stunt was inspired by… conan o’brien.

Producer Ben Winston goes deep on that starry Closing Ceremony flag hand-off, reveals where he had to pivot and talks about how it was all slightly informed by a 15-year-old talk show bit.

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The original plan was for a balaclava-clad stunt person to do most of the heavy lifting, but Cruise would have none of it. “I don’t think there’s anybody like him in the world,” says Winston, who served as creative director and executive producer under the Fulwell 73 Productions banner. “There is no better collaborator.”

Speaking the afternoon after the live Paris jump and the starry beachside concert featuring The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, Winston revealed how he and Cruise kept most of their plan under wraps for as long as they did, what changed in the planning and the unlikely roots of the Olympic flag’s pre-taped journey from France to the U.S.

Are you just a glutton for logistics?

It feels a little bit like having a baby. You’re up all night, it’s all really stressful and you’re changing nappies, and they’re sick on you. Then, when they get to three years old, you’re like, “Oh, they’re so cute and lovely. I think I want another one.” You forget what a nightmare it was. I feel like live television might be that. You forget how much you go through.

Plenty has been revealed and speculated about in the wake of this stunt. How long have you actually been working on this? 

My first meeting was January 2022 when I sat down with Casey Wasserman at LA28. I haven’t been working on it since then, but I had the idea more like 20 months ago when they’d told me there’s this tradition of a 12-minute show that the next nation does in the closing ceremony. Within the first five minutes, I was like, “Well, it would be the coolest thing if we snatched the flag, and we could get Tom Cruise to do it.”

I’ve seen lots of handovers where the country that takes over does something in the stadium, and they’ve been great, but I wanted to do something different. I like to be able to control everything. So I was thinking if we did it in Los Angeles, I’d be able to control all the elements a little bit more. I liked the idea of doing the bulk of it in Los Angeles but with an amazing open in Paris. This is such a weird reference, but remember when Conan O’Brien started on The Tonight Show and moved from New York to Los Angeles? He did a really fun sketch going cross country. That has always stuck with me. So I was like, “How do Tom Cruise and all these incredible athletes take that flag from Paris to L.A.?” It’s a weird inspiration. 

No, I remember that. I can see the through-line.

Yeah. Then, I pitched it to Tom. He was the first pitch I had. If he hadn’t gone with it, I can’t really think who else would work. Who else is synonymous with action and an American hero? When we got Tom, I felt like the whole thing would work — so we went from there. But it’s been over a year and a half to achieve that. 

How’d you pitch it to Tom? This is the third time you’ve put him in a plane after the Late Late Show segments with Corden .

Some things leaked , but you filmed the skydive and the Hollywood sign back in March. How’d you keep it secret for as long as you did? 

When we were filming with Tom , he was never actually holding the Olympic flag. He always was holding a white flag. So, whenever we were photographed with him, the press always said we were filming Mission Impossible . Everyone wonders what was faked and what wasn’t. Interestingly, one of the only things that was faked was the flag. I was disappointed that little things leaked over the last couple of weeks. Suddenly, more and more people need to know what you’re doing when you’re rehearsing in the Stade de France and booking venues.

Such a big deal is made about Tom and the lengths he goes to execute a stunt on his own. I understand who insures him in a movie like Mission Impossible , but what about here, is that your purview? You are putting a very famous man in a risky situation. 

I’m not qualified to answer that. ( Laughs .) There will be a team of lawyers on my production team and his team that would know about that. But you’re right. It was definitely a consideration when we were doing the Top Gun stuff for The Late Late Show . It was like, “Well, who does the liability lie with — the show or Tom?” I still don’t know the answer on this one.

It’s funny because I’ve seen reports about what was live and what wasn’t live. Not everybody’s a 100 percent right on everything, and I don’t want to comment either way. It’s not fair on some artists to say some were live and some weren’t or whatever. But I think there was a lot more live-in there than people think. Will Rogers Beach was the plan a year ago — and, due to something out of my control, that had to change. With four weeks to go, we didn’t have a venue. That was a stressful moment. Ultimately we got there and I was so pleased with the concert element of it.

Did you ever attempt to actually redecorate the Hollywood sign? 

I did look at doing the Hollywood sign for real. We had engineers up there quite a long time, working out how we could do it. I decided against it because I wanted it to be a surprise. In the end, I think we could have done it, but then in March, the whole world would have seen pictures of the Hollywood sign covered in the Olympic rings. So we did it with CGI. The Tom bit is real. He was up there. He climbed up the sign.

You booked Snoop Dogg, a national treasure and someone so synonymous with Los Angeles, a long time ago — yet his stock has risen even more in the last two weeks. Were you psyched watching him become one of the stars of the Olympics? 

Well, I hope you get a bit of a break.

No. ( Laughs .) This week we’re filming Ellen DeGeneres’ stand-up show . Really excited about that. And then it’s on to the Paralympics closing. But I did have like 13 hours of sleep last night. I went to bed at 9 o’clock.

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The long-awaited Edge of Tomorrow 2 might now be closer than ever thanks to a new deal between Tom Cruise and Warner Bros. Tom Cruise continues to be one of the most popular and profitable action stars in the film industry, a spot he has maintained since the 1980s, beginning with his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Tony Scott’s Top Gun . Cruise’s popularity continued throughout the 1990s thanks to Mission: Impossible and other projects outside the action genre, as with the comedy-drama Jerry Maguire and the psychological drama Eyes Wide Shut .

Based on the 2004 novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and directed by Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow takes the audience to a future where most of Europe is taken over by an alien race. When Major William Cage (Cruise) is forced to join a landing operation against them, he finds himself in a time loop. Despite Edge of Tomorrow ’s critical and commercial success, a sequel has been lost in limbo for years , but Cruise’s latest studio deal can finally make Edge of Tomorrow 2 happen.

Tom Cruise Has History With Warner Bros. (But Not In A Decade)

Cruise last worked with the studio on the original edge of tomorrow.

Warner Bros. has announced a new deal with Tom Cruise through which they will jointly develop and produce “ original and franchise theatrical films ” starring Cruise, beginning in 2024. This isn’t Tom Cruise’s first time working with Warner Bros., and this deal marks his big return to the studio. Warner Bros. is the studio behind some of Cruise’s biggest movies , such as Risky Business (which is widely considered his breakthrough role), the horror movie Interview with the Vampire (where he played Lestat), Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut , and Magnolia , for which Cruise got an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Cruise’s last project with Warner Bros. was Edge of Tomorrow , in 2014, so his return to the studio could be the push that Edge of Tomorrow 2 needs to finally happen. Since Cruise’s new deal with Warner is to make movies both franchise and original, and Edge of Tomorrow being the last big success they had together, it’s a good sign for Edge of Tomorrow 2 .

After Edge of Tomorrow , Cruise’s career has been mostly focused on expanding other franchises, mostly the Mission: Impossible one, but having him back again with Warner makes the expansion of Edge of Tomorrow a lot more likely .

Edge Of Tomorrow 2 Has Been Kicked Around For Years

All original players have expressed a desire to continue the story.

Despite not having an open ending, Edge of Tomorrow left the door open for a sequel as Cage fulfilled his mission and was thrown back to the past, though with a much brighter future. In 2016, Doug Liman signed on to direct the sequel , and that same year, he said Edge of Tomorrow 2 would “ revolutionize how people make sequels ” as it was “ a sequel that’s a prequel ” (via Collider ).

Tom Cruise’s deal with Warner Bros. can put an end to the scheduling conflicts that have been delaying Edge of Tomorrow 2...

The following year, the title for the sequel, Live Die Repeat and Repeat , was revealed, and Cruise and Blunt were said to be reprising their roles, but the project began to face a couple of obstacles, mostly the schedules of Blunt, Cruise, and Liman. Tom Cruise’s deal with Warner Bros. can put an end to the scheduling conflicts that have been delaying Edge of Tomorrow 2 , and if Blunt and Liman are still up for it, Live Die Repeat and Repeat could finally be on its way to moving past pre-production hell.

Tom Cruise Is Doing More Sequels Lately

Cruise has had disappointments and great successes with recent sequels.

Tom Cruise Sequels:

Unlike a number of other high-profile Hollywood stars, Tom Cruise spent many years of his career largely avoiding franchise filmmaking. He kept the Mission: Impossible movies going, but the idea of him wanting to return for Edge of Tomorrow 2 was exciting because of how rare it was to have him return to a role. However, in recent years, Cruise has shown more of a willingness to make sequels which has had mixed results.

Following his box office success in bringing the character of Jack Reacher to the big screen, it seemed like a perfect franchise to carry on. However, the first attempt at a sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back , was a financial and critical failure that ended those franchise plans and led to the character being rebooted as a television series with Alan Ritchson in the lead role.

While that was a disappointment for Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick proved to exceed nearly everyone's expectations as a long-awaited follow-up movie. Decades after the 1986 original, Top Gun: Maverick saw Cruise return to the role of hotshot pilot Maverick in a film that became the highest-grossing movie of Cruise's career. Not only that, but it was a critical success as well, with it even earning a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.

With Mission: Impossible 8 also on the way , it is clear that Cruise is no longer as hesitant to make sequels. Even with missteps like Jack Reacher 2 , Cruise has a better track record with sequels than most actors. If Edge of Tomorrow 2 does indeed happen, it is safe to say that it is because Cruise sees it as a worthwhile project and not a mindless cash grab.

The Edge Of Tomorrow Cast & Crew Still Talk About Making The Sequel

Tom cruise and doug liman keep the discussion alive.

One of the major fears that could threaten Edge of Tomorrow 2 actually happening is the interest in those involved. The movie was a big blockbuster, but many of the people involved have gone on to bigger movies and bigger success elsewhere which could suggest that they would lose interest in a project that is now a decade old. However, those fears are apparently unfounded as the cast and crew of Edge of Tomorrow still talk about the potential sequel.

Director Doug Liman recently discussed the idea of Edge of Tomorrow 2 and revealed that it is a subject that he and Tom Cruise bring up frequently (via Variety ):

“We love that world... Tom and I just actually rewatched it about two months ago, because I hadn’t seen it in 10 years. I was like, ‘Wow, that is a really good movie.’”

Though those involved with the original have certainly kept busy over the last decade, it is reassuring that they still have so much passion for the project. That bodes well for Edge of Tomorrow 2 happening as they have maintained their interest in pushing it forward. However, it also bodes well for the quality of the project. If they remain dedicated to this idea even though they have other franchises and big movies to make, it suggests they are committed to making a sequel that is worth the wait.

When Edge Of Tomorrow 2 Would Likely Arrive

Several key players of edge of tomorrow have busy schedules.

While the hope of Edge of Tomorrow 2 is being kept alive after all these years, the next thing fans want to know is when they can expect the movie to arrive. With no official announcement made about Edge of Tomorrow 2 being in production, there is obviously no release date set. However, looking at the people involved in the movie and their schedules ahead, it is clear that there will still be a wait for the much-anticipated sequel .

Unsurprisingly, Tom Cruise will likely be the biggest hurdle to work around in terms of scheduling Edge of Tomorrow 2 's production. The actor has a variety of movies on the horizon, including Mission: Impossible 8 which is currently in post-production. He is also collaborating with Oscar winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu on an upcoming untitled project as well as working with Scarlett Johansson on his latest movie with Christopher McQuarrie called The Gauntlet . There are also some rumored Cruise projects to consider, including Top Gun 3 and his much-talked-about space movie.

Director Doug Liman is also attached to that space movie with Cruise, making it a choice between that or Edge of Tomorrow 2 for their next project together. However, Liman also has plenty of other movies on the horizon, including the sci-fi film Luna Park and the mountain climbing drama Everest starring Ewan McGregor. Emily Blunt is also staying busy with The Smashing Machine with Dwayne Johnson on the way as well as the possibility of working with Steven Spielberg on his new sci-fi movie The Dish.

With all those upcoming projects in mind, it seems clear that should Edge of Tomorrow 2 be announced as going into production now, it likely wouldn't be until 2027 (at least) that the sequel hits theaters .

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Edge of Tomorrow is a science fiction action film where Major William Cage, forced into combat against an alien invasion, discovers he is reliving the same day after dying. Partnering with Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski, he utilizes this time loop to improve his battle skills and devise a strategy to defeat the extraterrestrial threat. The movie explores themes of resilience, adaption, and transformation in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

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