Tom Cruise Reveals Space Dreams At Premiere
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise told Sky News he would like to travel into space, as his latest sci-fi film launched in London.
The actor was asked about his astral ambitions as he walked the red carpet at the premiere of Oblivion, a film about a man in the future who discovers his life is not what it seems.
He was stopped on the red carpet by Sky's Lucy Cotter before joining co-starOlga Kurylenkoinside the BFI Imax cinema at London's South Bank.
Tom Cruise's co-star is Quantum of Solace star Olga KurylenkoWhen he was asked if he was tempted to go into space, now commercial space flight is becoming a reality, the superstar replied: "Yeah. I always thought we all would be by this point.
"Given the right circumstances, it would be something I would be interested in."
He said he enjoys making sci-fi films, as it was possible to enter a completely different world.
He told Sky News: "I love sci-fi. These genres are amazing. You can create worlds. Definitively, a whole new world.
"Great sci-fi is a very human personal journey. This story has wonderful twists and turns all the way to the final frames.
"This character is very interesting, I was playing, Jack Harper, the last man on earth, 60 years after an alien invasion, and he's really just a blue collar worker.
"He's a guy who, even though he's flying in a very cool space ship, he's flying down to the surface repairing drones."
Tom Cruise in a scene from OblivionDirector Joseph Kozinski, the films director, describes Oblivion as the story of Jack Harper, a drone repair man, who one is of the last men on Earth, 60 years after a large scale war! has left earth mostly uninhabitable.
Jack and his partner Victoria are left with the job of extracting Earth's resources before humanity leaves for another planet.
Cruise also told reporters he had no qualms about going topless on screen, despite his age.
Tom Cruise said he would like to go into spaceThe50-year-old bares his top half in his latest film but said it does not cause him any concerns.
"I don't get embarrassed, I just do it," he said.
And he said he has no plans to retire from the screen in the near future.
"I've been offered a number of times to (direct). But I love acting and I enjoy the process of working with the director," Cruise said.
His co-star Olga Kurylenko, 33, in a Marchesa dress and Salvatore Ferragamo heels, had only compliments for her leading man.
"I was nervous about meeting him at first but when I met him, he was so open, kind and welcoming," saidMiss Kurylenko, who had previously starred alongside Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace.
Kosinski, who also directed Tron: Legacy, added: "He is the hardest working man I've ever met."
Morgan Freeman and up-and-coming British actress Andrea Riseborough also star in Oblivion, which opens in cinemas on April 10.
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