If you want to see Tom Cruise playing the old fashioned Movie Star check him out on the British show Grand Tour or whatever they were calling it at that point. (Political Incorrectness on the part of the hosts caused a different production/new name kerfuffle somewhere along the line) Guests on the show have to run an econobox around a race course for best time. The show had a long running gag about “Tom Cruise” coming on only to be replaced by a lesser name later. Well one day Cruise shows up. He’s as handsome as he is humble. Witty and intelligent too. When his time in the econobox comes he puts on the helmet and handsomely and humbly blows every single guest who has tried it out of the water. It was exactly like watching some old Clark Gable video.
Was this the episode with Tom Cruise?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexo0eI3eE4
Cruise has always had that special something. I don’t know much about his ideas - he’s faced some criticism. But, as a movie star, he just has it - whatever “it” is, he’s got it.
Cruise has spoken some of the most iconic movie lines, such as in "Risky Business" ("Sometimes you just gotta say...") and "Top Gun" ("I feel the need for speed"), and he's been in some of the most iconic scenes, such as the casino in "Rain Man."
But, the fight for the car scene in "War of the Worlds" looks like what we saw happen in 2020.