‘Digger’ Gives Tom Cruise the One Role He's Almost Never Played

For much of his long and storied career, Tom Cruise has played characters who refuse to believe that something cannot be done. Mission: Impossible, which may be his most famous film series,is based on his character Ethan Hunt doing, well, the impossible; he will always find a way to stop the bomb, prevent the war, rescue the hostage, or do whatever he must, no matter the cost. Maverick from the Top Gun films will always complete a mission that no one else thinks can be done. Even when he does play characters who are arrogant or even morally compromised, they are defined by their overwhelming confidence that anything can be done. These roles are what give the star's movies such an allure, and help make them so popular.