The Hollywood star, arriving at the cinema with the new film Digger, returns to evoke one of the most famous moments of his career. Guest of the Jennifer Hudson Show, the American star re-proposed some of the dance movements from the 1983 film in which he played Joel, the high school student who undertakes a profitable prostitution business... Cruise's dance was performed during the Spirit Tunnel, the ritual with which the staff welcomes the guests of the program
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Tom Cruise lets himself go to music and returns, at least for a few moments, to 1983. The actor was the protagonist of a particularly playful moment during his participation in the Jennifer Hudson Show, where he went through the program's Spirit Tunnel accompanied by a personalized version of Old Time Rock & Roll. The reference is immediately recognisable: the scene recalls one of the most famous moments of Risky Business, the film that helped transform Cruise into an international star.
The official Instagram account of the Jennifer Hudson Show published the video of the moment in the last few hours (you can watch the clip at the bottom of this article). The actor, complete with black sunglasses, accepted the staff's invitation to participate in the performance and re-proposed some of the movements associated with the famous scene from the film.
What is the Spirit Tunnel
The Spirit Tunnel is a feature of the Jennifer Hudson Show. Before entering the studio, staff members line up along a corridor of the Warner Bros. Studios and welcome each guest with a song specially modified for the occasion.
Jennifer Hudson had already told Cruise the idea during a chance meeting that took place in the summer, on the occasion of the World Cup final. Furthermore, the actor knew well how the program worked. "I watch the show, Jennifer. I watch everything. I even watched you on American Idol," Cruise told the host.
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Tom Cruise as in Risky Business on the Jennifer Hudson Show
The reference to the cult scene
For the actor's arrival, the staff chose to reinterpret Old Time Rock & Roll, the song also made famous by the Risky Business sequence. In the 1983 film, Cruise plays Joel Goodsen and is at the center of a scene that has become one of the most recognizable images of his career, dancing and lip-syncing to the tune of the song.
In the new video, the words of the song are adapted to celebrate the actor's arrival. "We've got Tom Cruise at the Happy Place. He's in the tunnel walking towards the stage. He's a legend that everyone knows. We've got that rock and roll Tom Cruise," the staff sings.
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Tom Cruise plays along
Cruise does not just cross the corridor, but participates directly in the performance. Wearing his black sunglasses, he dances with the program employees and involves some of them in his performance.
The moment arrives during the promotion of Digger, the new film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu in which Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, a Texan oil magnate whose activity could be at the origin of an environmental disaster with possible consequences also on a nuclear level.
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Digger, the trailer of the film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu with Tom Cruise
The new film Digger
For the role, Cruise modified his appearance with prosthetics, a body-altering costume, thinning white hair and a Southern accent. The film is presented as a satirical black comedy and represents a very different work compared to the action roles that have characterized an important part of the actor's recent career.
Speaking about the project, Cruise said: "I've never had something that could challenge me like this, and neither has Alejandro." The film arrives in theaters while the actor's promotional campaign continues, and in the next few days he will also be a guest on the program for a complete interview.
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