United Kingdom, Jan. 25 -- Ethan Hawke thinks Tom Cruise has "changed what's expected for actors".

The 63-year-old actor is well-known for performing his own stunts in the Mission: Impossible franchise, and other action movies, and Ethan believes it's pressured other actors into following suit.

Ethan, 55 - who performs his own stunts in The Weight, the new historical action-drama - told Variety: "Tom Cruise has totally changed what's expected for actors. Some part of me is getting angry over the years because everyone somehow feels like they're less if they use a stunt team.

"What I liked about our movie is there were no ridiculous stunts. It's human. It's not about things blowing up, so most of the stunts were things we could do. They...