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Emily Stump and Tom cruise starred together in the 2014 film, edge of tomorrow, and the actress opened up about what it was like working with the intense movie star in a new interview. Emily discussed the rigorous training process for the film, which lasted more than two months. To adjust to the extremely heavy costumes required for the film, the stars trained in weighted vests. “We had to wear these giant robot suits,” Emily explained on the Clever podcast. “It would have been great if they CGI edited them, but we wanted to do it in a practical and tactile way.”
The actress revealed her suit weighed around 85 pounds. “It was so difficult,” she recalls. “The first time I put it on I started crying in front of Tom and he didn’t know what to do.” Emily said Tom “just stared at him at first [her] and said, ‘I know, I know.’” But over time, she became more and more anxious. “I was like, ‘Tom, I’m not sure how I’m going to get through this shoot’ and I just started crying,” she said. “I said, ‘I’m a little bit panicked about the whole shoot.'”
At this point, Tom didn’t have time for her tears. “He just stared at me for a long time, not knowing what to do,” Emily admitted. “And he’s like, ‘Come on, stop being so scared, okay?’ I laughed and then we got over it.” Emily also giggled as she retold the story on the podcast.
Since Emily broke the situation, the story has received some mixed reviews. Many fans think Tom was too hard on her when she reacted to the intense filming methods. However, Emily seemed to take Tom’s advice with ease, and they were clearly able to push through the pain and produce the film’s final product.
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