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Why Tom Cruise's stunts have made Ethan Hawke 'angry'
- Ethan Hawke says Tom Cruise has raised the bar for actors’ expectations after his stunt-heavy career
- Hawke notes his own stunts in The Weight were not 'ridiculous' and were human-scale
- Cruise's stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood described exhausting wing and underwater sequences
- Eastwood also recalled underwater stunts with a heavy diving suit for Tom Cruise
- The discussion links to the Oscars creating a Best Stunt Design category in 2028
- The Weight is described as a Depression-era drama featuring Hawke as a widower
- The piece emphasizes Cruise's ongoing influence on action filmmaking
- Hawke’s remarks were made while promoting The Weight at the Sundance Film Festival
- Cruise's team reportedly executed a wing-walk on a biplane during filming
- The article frames a broader debate on authenticity versus safety in stunts
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