Tom Cruise eyes musical career after 'Mission: Impossible'

Tom Cruise is set for a major career shift.

Ahead of the release of Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Cruise has opened up about his dream to be in musicals and team up with Ben Stiller.

During his conversation at the BFI in London, the actor said he would “love” to work with Ben Stiller.

Cruise stated, “I'd love to work with Ben again. We're big fans of Ben Stiller, and he's just so talented. You look at what he's doing as a director and the things that he's created, he's a good friend, and we're big fans of his, he's very talented.”

Additionally, he revealed that he has many dream projects. “I have many. Definitely! Absolutely, definitely musicals. You know, dramas, action, adventures. It's endless,” Cruise said.

Cruise also revealed that he often tries to learn things on set, encouraging other actors to do as well.

“I tell actors, you train, get find interest, whatever it is music, instruments. In my career, whether it's an underwater sequence that you saw me doing, [Ridley Scott's] Legend was the first time I did an underwater sequence, and I probably said, 'What's that camera? What are you doing?' And I'm very curious,” Cruise said.

He added, “I was like, 'Okay, now I store that. Then I became a master, and now I'm going to do another underwater sequence, and then another, another, another, and same area over same, I'll study music and then do a musical or I'll think of the character, then I'll find a script, and I'll put that character into the script.'”

Tom Cruise’s upcoming Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning is scheduled to release on May 21.