TU-om Cruise uzovela kwifilimu elandelayo kasomahlaya uBen Stiller, iTropic Thunder. Kuyo, i- umlingisi Uzokwenza i-cameo emfushane lapho ezonikeza impilo enhlokweni yesitudiyo sefilimu lapho kuqoshwa khona ifilimu yempi, lapho iqembu losomahlaya abalingisa emsebenzini wamafilimu futhi obani, ngaphezu kukaStiller, abakhiwe kaJack Black noRobert Downey Jr. Ukusebenza okungadingi mzamo omkhulu ku-superstar waseHollywood, hhayi kuphela ngenxa yobufushane bendima, kepha ngoba empilweni yangempela uCrise ungumnikazi wesitudiyo sama-movie, i-United evukile Abaculi.
U-Gossip uthi uCruise uyamukele ngenjabulo le-cameo, hhayi kuphela ngenxa yozakwabo osebenza noStiller nethimba lakhe kepha ngoba isimilo sakhe sizoba nethoni yokulingisa engakhumbuza ngisho nomqondisi weParamount, i-Summer Redstone. Umuntu ongathandwa kangako ngumlingisi, ngemuva kwesikhathi esedlule uzobona uRedstone ememezela kwabezindaba ukuthi uParamount unqamule inkontileka yakhe noCruise ngoba "indlela aziphatha ngayo" ibingeyona "eyamukelekayo" kulezi zitudiyo.
Ngokumangazayo, futhi ngokusho kolwazi olushicilelwe yiHollywood Reporter, umphathi wesitudiyo esizodlalwa uCruise efilimini kaStiller uzobonakala ngokuziphatha kwakhe ngokweqile nangokuthanda kwakhe ukubona ukuthi abadlali bakhe bakulungele yini ukudlala izindima zabo.
ITropic Thunder izoba yifilimu yesine kaStiller ekusithekeni futhi ilandisa ngezigemegeme zeqembu labalingisi bamahlaya ababamba iqhaza empini yokukhiqiza futhi ngubani, ukwazi okwenzekayo, lapho eya ekuqopheni agcina ebambeke empini yangempela. Ifilimu ine- se kuzoqala ukukhonjiswa ngoJulayi 11 ngonyaka ozayo, kepha izofika eSpain ngemuva kwamasonto amabili, ngoJulayi 25.
