LAS VEGAS – Tom Cruise described "Digger" as the kind of film that's "why I wanted to make movies" before unveiling first footage from his upcoming dark comedy at CinemaCon.
The clip, shared April 14 during the Warner Bros. panel at the convention for theater owners and studios, showed Cruise as Digger Rockwell, an older oil executive with gray hair, a large stomach and Southern accent. His company appears to have an energy field in distress that has major impact around the world. John Goodman plays the president of the United States.
"It took me 40 years to be able to put on the boots of Digger Rockwell and (play) the many layers," Cruise said.
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Alejandro Iñárritu, the film's director and co-writer, said that he came up with the idea for the film nine years ago and approached Cruise about it seven years ago.
