On stage, Cruise admitted his own perfectionist tendencies. In the same way that he commanded the stage at the film’s premiere, leaving his cast standing awkwardly by his side, several sources close to the production say that Cruise exerted nearly complete creative oversight on “The Mummy,” essentially wearing all the hats and dictating even the smallest decisions on the set. But instead, it’s become a textbook case of a movie star run amok.Īs Hollywood is playing the blame game on what went wrong on “The Mummy,” which had a measly domestic opening of just $32 million, many fingers are pointing to Cruise. The reboot of “The Mummy” was supposed to be the start of a mega-franchise for Universal Pictures. ![]() ![]() But in the case of “The Mummy,” one person–Cruise–had an excessive amount of control, according to several people interviewed.
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