Tom Cruise Is the Only Star Who Can Shut Down Times Square for His Running Scene

Everyone loves Tom Cruise’s running sequences. The actor has a particular style that has now become iconic and is a staple in most of his movies, especially the Mission: Impossible franchise. While the action franchise has seen him do death-defying stunts, the one truly impossible mission that he pulled off was not even in the films.
Cruise’s film Vanilla Sky features a particular scene where his character enters a deserted Times Square in New York and runs along the popular tourist destination. The film crew reportedly got permission to shut down the whole of Times Square for the sequence, a feat that has not been achieved since.
Tom Cruise’s Vanilla Sky shut down Times Square just for him to run A still from Vanilla Sky | Credits: Paramount Pictures
Tom Cruise’s Vanilla Sky was Inception before Inception. The mind-bending thriller was a remake of director Alejandro Amenábar...
Cruise’s film Vanilla Sky features a particular scene where his character enters a deserted Times Square in New York and runs along the popular tourist destination. The film crew reportedly got permission to shut down the whole of Times Square for the sequence, a feat that has not been achieved since.
Tom Cruise’s Vanilla Sky shut down Times Square just for him to run A still from Vanilla Sky | Credits: Paramount Pictures
Tom Cruise’s Vanilla Sky was Inception before Inception. The mind-bending thriller was a remake of director Alejandro Amenábar...
- 4/14/2025
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
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