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Although the leaked audio ofTom Cruiseyelling at two crew membersfor reportedly violating COVID-19 precautions during the filming ofMission: Impossible 7surprised those who listened last week, production sources say Cruise is feeling the pressure of making back-to-back blockbusters amid the pandemic.
“It’s hard to [describe] how incredibly intense and focused he is on making every movie the absolute best possible,” says a U.K.-based production source of Cruise, 58. “TheMission: Impossiblemovies are very special to him. They are ‘his’ movies. 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,” adds the source. “He is usually just laser-focused on filming. This movie is very different though. He has to film while making sure everyone stays safe.”
“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,” the actor is heard shouting in the clip. “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
A separate film industry source notes that Cruise “is a perfectionist and he wants others to follow suit.”
“Tom’s whole life is his work,” says the source. “When he sees something less than professional, he wants to make it right.”
Production on the big-budgetMissionsequel, which has filmed in Italy, Norway and England, was halted twice this year—in late February at the start of the pandemic and for a week in October after several positive COVID tests among the crew in Italy. Cruise, who also serves as a producer on the franchise, has been heavily involved in the production’s COVID-19 safety protocols to prevent further shutdowns.
Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell filming Mission Impossible 7 in Rome.MEGA
“He feels the pressure of how scary things look now,” the industry source continues. “He does not want any further disruption. There is a lot at stake.”
source: people.com
