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Tom Cruise slashed 6 hours make-up time for Digger down to 60 minutes

Digital Desk | Los Angeles, Sep 20 (IANS) Hollywood royalty Tom Cruise knows the business and its nuances in and out. The superstar recently shared that he got his transformation time for filming Digger down from 6 hours to less than 60 minutes. The 64-year-old actor recently appeared on Travis and Jason Kelce's New Heights podcast, and said, The first time we did the make-up, it took 6 hours. I gotta sleep at least six (hours). They keep saying I need more but OK, thats 12. The actor looks dramatically different as an eccentric oil tycoon in his new movie. During the initial phase of the production, he realised it wasn't practical for him to spend so much time with the hair and make-up team having his appearance altered with prosthetics, so he worked on drills to make the process faster. He further mentioned, Now, we have 12-hour days filming. So now thats six hours on, two hours off with the make-up.. The actor shared that he brought in a chalkboard and someone with a stopwatch to time how long each step of the process took. He went on, I had a guy there with a stopwatch, and Im like, OK, you see that time, 6 hours? By the time were done, were going to get it under an hour. They were like, No, Im not doing that; it will never happen. Im like, OK, first of all, if you say no, you cant do it, you will never get there. So can we agree that well maybe make it a little less? So with each piece that was going on, it was timed and then wed drill and practice. The drills eventually paid off and the process took less than an hour. They were like, What?! And they didnt even know it, and they didnt even rush. I like going into a system, studying it and trying to figure out how I can do it better, more efficient. The films that I make, Im constantly going, how can I do it better? How do I prepare better?, he added.

20 Sep 2026 2:33 pm