Overview
- During a March 19 Happy Sad Confused interview, Ryan Gosling said Tom Cruise visited the Starfighter set on the only day he was not working.
- Gosling recounted that a helicopter interrupted filming before Cruise landed, grabbed a camera and shot action, including a muddy setup with young costar Flynn Gray.
- Gosling said director Shawn Levy sent him photos from the day showing Cruise and Gray covered in mud on set.
- A January New York Times profile previously reported that Cruise and Steven Spielberg visited, with Levy saying Cruise operated a camera for a lightsaber sequence.
- The Shawn Levy–directed film remains in production with an ensemble cast and is scheduled for theatrical release on May 28, 2027, with reporting noting the story is set roughly five years after The Rise of Skywalker.