Tom Cruise to Receive BFI Fellowship
variety.comAlex Ritman Tom Cruise is set to receive the British Film Institute‘s highest honor, the BFI Fellowship. The Hollywood star — currently in the U.K.
shooting Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s as-yet-untitled film for Warner Bros. and Legendary — is being recognized for both his “achievements as an extraordinary, versatile actor,” according to the BFI, and his “huge contribution to the UK film industry.” Indeed, alongside Iñárritu’s project, Cruise has spent a large proportion of the last few decades living and working in the U.K., where he has shot numerous “Mission: Impossible” films on location around the country.
He famously broke his ankle while filming “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” in London, while much of the final installment, “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” rumoured to be premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May, was shot in the U.K.
at both Longcross Studios and in the Lake District. Outside of the spy franchise, Cruise has worked in the U.K. on many other features, including “Legend” with Ridley Scott, Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut,” “Interview with the Vampire” by Neil Jordan and Doug Liman’s “Edge of Tomorrow.” “I am truly honoured by this acknowledgement,” says Cruise. “I’ve been making films in the U.K.
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