Andy Muschietti got a "confidence boost" after Tom Cruise praised The Flash.

The Top Gun star is said to have contacted the director to express how much he enjoyed the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film and Muschietti values his praise — as well as that of the horror author Stephen King — highly.

When GamesRader+ asked Muschietti if Cruise and King's positive feedback added pressure, the director said: "No. If anything, [we got] more confidence in the thing we did, because the movie was finished by the time [they] saw it, so it was a confidence boost if anything."

Muschietti's sister and producer Barbara felt the same way about Cruise's love for the picture.

She said: "It's a very cynical industry, and to hear people that really have no skin in the game, because they have nothing to gain, just say something that lovely — in the case of Tom Cruise, he called us, talked for 15 minutes, praising Andy, praising the film, and it just feels very good because we work really hard to make these movies."

The Flash sees Michael Keaton returning to the role Bruce Wayne/Batman for the first time in over 30 years and Muschietti held discussions with the actor as to how they could explain what had happened to the character in the intervening period.

The It director said: "It's always a thrill to speculate or imagine that that Batman will come back, but also the thing that was very exciting to me was basically filling the space of those 30 years where we haven't seen what Bruce is up to.

"And that was part of my conversations with Michael Keaton, and it was great because we had a lot of fun creating that timeline where we don't know what he did."

The Flash opens in cinemas today. — BANG SHOWBIZ

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