Tom Cruise Saw People Popping Off About How He Eats Movie Popcorn
- A clip of Tom Cruise playfully catching popcorn in his mouth during a screening of the latest installment in the Mission: Impossible series went viral on May 21, 2025.
- Cruise's well-known enthusiasm for popcorn, highlighted in a 2023 promotional clip for one of the Mission: Impossible films, led Darius Butler to comment on his unique popcorn-eating technique during an interview on The Pat McAfee Show.
- During an interview on The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, Cruise laughed and confirmed he was actually eating popcorn, while Butler remarked that he had never witnessed anyone consume popcorn with such enthusiasm.
- Cruise told the audience he typically eats two large buckets of popcorn during a movie and engaged fans by asking if they had popcorn, which writer Rachel Leishman described as "absolutely insane."
- The viral popcorn moment helped build promotional excitement for the latest installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise, which debuted in UK cinemas on May 21, 2025.
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