“He’s extraordinary,” she said. “He does an amazing job in the movie. He’s extraordinary as a person and fantastic as an actor, and I think that he is just perfect. He embodies that character so beautifully, and I think he absolutely deserves it.”
“I think that the film is a really well made film and it’s
really hard to make a film like that,” Connelly continued. “Also, thinking
about Tom’s work, think of the things that he did for that role. Besides all
the stuff on the ground and how wonderful he is in those scenes and creating
those relationships…I think the relationship he has with Miles’ character is
so beautiful and moving. But the work that he did to accomplish those flying
sequences, it’s something else.”
Connelly spoke about Cruise during a discussion about her
new movie “Bad Behaviour” at the Variety Studio presented by Audible at
Sundance. She was joined by her co-stars Ben Whishaw and Alice Englert.
Englert also wrote and directed the film, which is about a difficult
mother-daughter relationship that is fundamentally changed by a retreat for
spiritual enlightenment.
“In general, I really appreciated the
tone of the writing,” Connelly said about why she signed on for the film.
“Specifically, one scene that really tickled me was the mother-baby exercise
scene. By the time I got there I was like, ‘This is so funny. This is so
deliciously funny to me.’ I was kind of hooked by then.”
