Tom Cruise Debuts Red Hair at Digger London Premiere Tom Cruise unveiled bright red hair at the London premiere of Digger, his new film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, where he plays an oil tycoon. Tom Cruise unexpectedly debuted bright red hair at the star-studded Digger premiere in London on Tuesday night. The Mission: Impossible icon, 64, showed off the bold new look as he arrived at Leicester Square, having ditched his usual brunette style. The premiere marked a significant departure for the actor, known for his high-octane action roles. Tom Cruise Red Hair and Digger PremiereCruise cut a dapper figure for the premiere in a tuxedo and dark shades, as well as a pair of shiny heeled boots to boost his height as he posed for the cameras. He looked in great spirits at the event. Also at the premiere were a series of Tom's co-stars including Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Riz Ahmed and Sophie Wilde. Hüller wore a dramatic gold dress, while Wilde wore a ruffled black dress. Jesse Plemons gave a friendly wave as he arrived, and Stuhlbarg also looked smart in his tux. Mexican cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and his wife Lauren Strogoff posed at the premiere, and Tom posed with American film producer Mary Parent.The premiere was a royal film performance and world premiere for Digger. Tom underwent a huge transformation for his character Digger Rockwell. The trailer showed Tom with thinning white hair, a prosthetic pot belly and a thick Southern accent. Digger is tasked by the US President, played by John Goodman, to save the planet in the film.Tom Cruise Transformation in DiggerIt comes after he had to wear a bodysuit and prosthetics to age him for his role as an oil tycoon and billionaire who accidentally sets off a global ecological crisis in the Alejandro González Iñárritu directed film. The tagline on the movie poster refers to Digger as a comedy of catastrophic proportions. Digger is directed by four-time Oscar winner Alejandro, who is known for his work on Birdman and The Revenant. He is also co-producing the movie with Tom.Alejandro previously said of Tom's transformation: The transformation he went through was astonishing. Alejandro, it took me 40 years to become this character, he told me once. And I think we both know what it means to carry an entire career into a single moment like this. We both knew that throughout our journeys, we had never done anything even close to this.Reacting to the trailer, fans have tipped Tom for an Oscar as they wrote: Finally, a movie where Tom Cruise's most dangerous stunt is raw unfiltered acting. Seeing an old Tom Cruise is wild. I love how every once in a while Cruise does a movie that's just oh yeah, I can actually act when I feel like it. Tom Cruise looks so unrecognizable here it's amazing. The Tom Cruise Oscar campaign is going to be LEGENDARY.Background and Context of Digger FilmTom previously filmed the movie in the UK during the six-month production. Digger is a diversion for Tom, who has become known for his incredible stunts in high-action films. These include scaling Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, dangling from an Airbus 400 during take off for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and driving a motorcycle off a cliff for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.The actor started his death-defying stunts when he was just two-and-a-half years old. During an appearance on the New Heights podcast, Tom explained: I was doing them since I was a little kid. It started out, I was a little kid and I opened the window and I climbed out onto the roof. I'm, like, two-and-a-half or three years old. But I liked to look at the stars.The film is directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, a four-time Oscar winner known for Birdman and The Revenant. He co-produces with Tom Cruise. The story follows Digger Rockwell, an oil tycoon and billionaire who accidentally sets off a global ecological crisis. The US President, played by John Goodman, tasks Digger with saving the planet. The movie's tagline describes it as a comedy of catastrophic proportions.Tom Cruise's transformation for the role involved extensive prosthetics and a bodysuit to age him. The trailer revealed his character with thinning white hair, a prosthetic pot belly, and a thick Southern accent. This physical change is a stark contrast to his usual action-hero persona. Fans have praised his performance, suggesting Oscar potential. The premiere in London's Leicester Square drew a star-studded crowd, including co-stars Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Riz Ahmed, and Sophie Wilde. Other attendees included Jesse Plemons, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, and producer Mary Parent. The event was a royal film performance and world premiere.