‘The Flash’ Team Confirms Tom Cruise Called and Spent 15 Minutes ‘Praising the Film’: ‘It Was a Confidence Boost’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Warner Bros.’ “The Flash” already made a few high profile fans before its theatrical release.
Horror icon Stephen King got to see an early screening of the DC tentpole and raved on Twitter, “This one is special. It’s heartfelt, funny, and eye-popping.
I loved it.” A report from THR also claimed that Tom Cruise was treated to an early look of the film and loved it so much that he personally called director Andy Muschietti to share raves.
In a recent interview with Total Film magazine, Andy Muschietti and “The Flash” producer Barbara Muschietti confirmed Cruise’s phone call. “If anything, [we got] more confidence in the thing that we did, because the movie was finished by the time that [Cruise and King] saw it,” Andy said about getting pre-release praise from King and Cruise. “It was a confidence boost if anything.” Barbara agreed, saying, “It’s a very cynical industry, and to hear people that really have no skin in the game, because they have nothing to gain, just say something that lovely – in the case of Tom Cruise, he called us, talked for 15 minutes, praising Andy, praising the film, and it just feels very good because we really work very hard to make these movies.” In THR’s original story, it was reported that Cruise became interested in seeing “The Flash” after meeting with Warner Bros.
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