According to new court documents obtained by
People, Tom Cruise, action movie’s star is partially to blame for a 2015 plane crash in Colombia that claimed the lives of two pilots during filming of the upcoming Tom Cruise vehicle “American Made.”
Three men were involved
in the accident: cinematographer Jimmy Lee Garland, who was left without
feeling in half of his body, longtime Hollywood stunt pilot Alan Purwin and
co-pilot Carlos Berl, who both died. The crash left the twin-engine plane smoldering
in a mountainous region as locals scrambled to help.
The families of Purwin
and Berl are suing producers of the film, Imagine Entertainment, Vendian
Entertainment and Cross Creek Pictures; alleging in the new documents that
Cruise and director Doug Liman contributed to the tragedy with excessive flight
demands.
“The demands of filming
in Colombia, together with Cruise’s and director Doug Liman’s enthusiasm for
multiple takes of lavish flying sequences, added hours to every filming day and
added days to the schedule,” the documents read, according to People. The news
was first reported by gossip site The Blast.
Cruise and Liman aren’t
named in the suit, but it still deems them “negligent,” per People.
“American Made,” set
for release Sept. 29, stars Cruise as a CIA hire and drug smuggler during the ’80s.
In their joint suit,
the families of Purwin and Berl claim Purwin once called the movie “the most
dangerous project I’ve ever encountered.” They also assert that a formal
complaint against Cruise and Liman was brought to the production’s insurance company.
“DL (Director Liman) and TC (Cruise) [are] adding entire scenes and aerial
shots on the fly,” an executive producer allegedly wrote.
The entire incident has
resulted in a legal tangle. Purwin’s and Garland’s families are also suing each
other, while producers filed a suit earlier this month against the aviation
company involved in the film. Its insurance company has also filed its own
suit.
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