Tom Cruise never fails to entertain audiences via his exploits on the big screen, to say the least. He's a master of stunt work, and he's known to go through the occasional character transformation. But, when the cameras are off, Cruise can relax and enjoy a hearty delicacy to snack on. The Mission: Impossible star reveals that popcorn is his most favorite snack, and it’s for the most Cruise reason a fan can imagine.
In Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning, Ethan Hunt is hanging onto an airplane, horrifically diving down a sunken submarine, and more. With so many adventurous maneuvers, the action star’s gotta eat, right? Just The Nobodies podcasters previously visited the Top Gun actor on the set of the final MI movie (via Instagram), where he revealed his love of popcorn. Quite frankly, I'm chuckling over why the A-lister says he's "allowed" to eat the salty snack:
I’m allowed to eat popcorn, because I’m in the movies. It’s high in fiber, right? [...] I will go to opening night to movies. Like, I will sneak in the back. I’ll get the whole thing and go with my friends at the theaters and get a big thing of popcorn, and I love that. You can mix it up with different kinds of licorice or, you know, throw some chocolate in it if you want. You know what I mean? Like, that’s a good run.
Now, that's a mission that’ll never prove impossible for Cruise. I'm laughing just picturing the Ethan Hunt actor sneaking into the back of a movie theater with a big tub of high-fiber popcorn. He has great taste, though, and I like the Tropic Thunder actor's suggestion that the corn can be amped up with licorice and chocolate mix-ins. All in all, I'd say the the talented actor deserves a little treat given all that he contributes to cinemas.
Tom Cruise may be a popcorn aficionado, but he expresses it in ways that are beyond any other person. For example, the War of the Worlds actor has a unique way of chewing his favorite snack where he aggressively chucks each kernel into his mouth. To say Cruise loves this movie theater delicacy would be an understatement.
Also, Cruise finds other ways to show his love for popcorn, like throwing the snack into the mouths of his M:I co-stars or even helping design the action flick’s popcorn bucket. It proved to be a mission accomplished but, ahead of that, Cruise weighed in on disiking the initial design of replicating the movie’s Sevastopol submarine. It was instead a simpler bucket of the movie's cruciform key. So, yes, even Cruise’s favorite snack accessory needs to live up to his blockbuster expectations.
With popcorn being high-fiber, mixable, and concealable, it’s no wonder Tom Cruise reason why he loves his popped delicacy. Considering many call Cruise the "King of Movies," I think it's fitting that he munches on popcorn to his heart's content.
Feel free to watch Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning using a Paramount+ subscription. Also, don’t forget to add Cruise’s 2026 movie release, Digger to your watchlist as well, and it opens in theaters on October 2nd.
