Tom Cruiseis breaking his silence after anaudio recording leakedlate last year that featured the actor lashing out at crew members on the set ofMission: Impossible 7overCOVID-19protocols being neglected.
“All those emotions were going through my mind,” he continued in part of the interview thatEmpirepublished online Wednesday. “I was thinking about the people I work with, and my industry. And for the whole crew to know that we’d started rolling on a movie was just a huge relief. It was very emotional, I gotta tell you.”
Cruise also clarified tothe magazine that the dressing down didn’t happen in front of his “entire crew,” but only “select people” he called out for their actions, according to theTimes.
“And here we are, continuing to film,” he added, per theoutlet.
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The big-budget action sequelhalted production in Italyback in February 2020 as the coronavirus outbreak began, buteventually resumed in Rome in October.Varietyreported that the set was then shut down for a week in October after positive COVID tests.
“They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us. Because they believe in us and what we’re doing,” Cruise is heard shouting in the clip. “I’m on the phone with every f—— studio at night, insurance companies, producers and they’re looking at us and using us to make their movies. We are creating thousands of jobs, you m—–f——s. I don’t ever want to see it again. Ever!”
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Tom Cruise filming Mission: Impossible 7 in Rome in October.Insidefoto/BACKGRID
Cruise then told the team members that if he sees them “do it again, you’re f—— gone … that’s it.”
“No apologies. You can tell it to the people who are losing their f—— homes because our industry is shut down,” he continued. “It’s not going to put food on their table or pay for their college education. That’s what I sleep with every night — the future of this f—–g industry! So I’m sorry, I’m beyond your apologies.”
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“It’s hard to [describe] how incredibly intense and focused he is on making every movie the absolute best possible,” a U.K.-based production source said of Cruise. “TheMission: Impossiblemovies are very special to him.”
“They are ‘his’ movies,” the source continued. “Tom helped set up the COVID protocol. Of course he takes it personally when the protocol is broken.”
“In all the years of filming theMission: Impossiblefranchise, no one has ever even heard Tom raise his voice,” added the source at the time. “He is usually just laser-focused on filming.”
“This movie is very different though,” the source noted. “He has to film while making sure everyone stays safe.”
The film is now scheduled to be released in May 2022.
source: people.com
