Published: 11:21 AM, 16 July 2026
Tom Cruise unveils unrecognizable transformation in 'Digger' trailer
Tom Cruise takes getting into character very seriously.
The Oscar-nominated actor, who plays oil executive Digger Rockwell in the upcoming film "Digger," unveiled his bold transformation for the role in the movie's first trailer, released Monday, July 13. In the dark comedy, directed by Alejandro G. In~a´rritu, Rockwell is an aging business tycoon with gray hair, a paunchy stomach and a thick Southern accent.
"Everything changes," Cruise, as Rockwell, says in the NSFW trailer's opening frame. "One day you're a cat, or a king. The next day, you're just ashes in a box."
The two-and-a-half-minute clip includes a montage of Rockwell in his lavish home. Cruise, known for his dark brown mane and youthfully trim physique, can be seen pacing around in Rockwell's walk-in closet with a notably plump belly and receding hair.
Cruise, 64, reflected on his daring makeover during an April Warner Bros. panel at the convention for theater owners and studios.
"It took me 40 years to be able to put on the boots of Digger Rockwell and [play] the many layers," Cruise said at the time.
Rockwell's company appears to have an energy field in distress that has major impact around the world, which sends the oil executive on a "frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything," according to the film's logline on IMDb.
"If we can't control the course of nature, at least we can control the narrative," Rockwell says in one scene.
