Hollywood icon and Scientology enthusiast Tom Cruise landed himself in the headlines this week after audio of a profanity-laden rant leaked to Twitter. Needless to say, the recording has gone viral.
The incident happened on the set of Mission: Impossible 7 currently filming in the United Kingdom. The production is one of a handful of Hollywood tentpole films to resume filming amid the COVID-19 pandemic, albeit under very strict guidelines to avoid transmission of the virus. Apparently, Cruise spotted two crew members standing less than the requisite six feet apart on the set. That’s when the 58-year-old actor exploded.
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“I’m on the phone with every f*cking studio at night, insurance companies, producers, and they’re looking at us and using us to make their movies,” Cruise screams. “We are creating thousands of jobs you motherf*ckers. I don’t ever want to see it again, ever! And if you don’t do it you’re fired, if I see you do it again you’re f*cking gone. And if anyone in this crew does it – that’s it, and you too and you too. And you, don’t you ever f*cking do it again.”
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“That’s what I think of Universal and Paramount,” Cruise continues in his tirade. “Warner Brothers. Movies are going because of us. If we shut down it’s going to cost people f*cking jobs, their home, their family. That’s what’s happening. All the way down the line. And I care about you guys, but if you’re not going to help me you’re gone. OK? Do you see that stick? How many meters is that?”
“When people are standing around a f*cking computer and hanging out around here, what are you doing?” he concludes. “And if they don’t comply then send their names to Matt Spooner. That’s it.”
Cruise has a point. COVID-19 has dealt a terrible blow to the American film industry, with numerous film releases delayed and productions suspended or canceled altogether. Theatre owners teter on the brink of bankruptcy, and economists estimate that the industry could lose up to $5 billion this year alone.
For that matter, Tom Cruise is hardly the first actor to have an on-set rant go viral. Christian Bale made headlines in 2009 after audio of him yelling at cinematographer Shane Hurlbut on the set of Terminator: Salvation went viral. Last year, actor Joaquin Phoenix also endured criticism after outtakes from the film Joker showed him screaming at cinematographer Lawrence Sher during filming.
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WashDrySpin
Tom is speaking the truth!!!
Thomas
He doesn’t have to be a dick while he does it.
Ronbo
@ Thomas
I agreed with you for a few seconds; then, I realized that anti-maskers like most anti-science dotards don’t listen to calm reason and fact.
Yooper
Good for him. The orange turd should have taken Tom’s stance on COVID.
curiobi
I’m sorry but he’s not wrong, if just one person on set gets sick on set the studio has to shut down production, that is hundreds of people out of a job.
Many of us have to work with idiots who will not wear a damn mask, and will not distance, and it is a nightmare! -If Tom wants to volunteer hinself to publicly chew out more of these jerks, with his mask on standing 6 feet away of course, then I say let him!
Someone has to make idiots who do not take this seriously understand the rest of us do not want to risk infection because they are stupid and selfish!
MacAdvisor
Wow, a major Hollywood star, rather well-know for some outrageous outbursts, gets super angry and lashes out AND is 100% in the right. Right there with Mr. Cruise on this. He wasn’t angry for himself, but out of concern for others. Respect.
davegun2
He is thinking about the everyday worker on movie and tv filming sets. From guards to the highest paid actor. Good for him. I was working on a new series in Los Angeles a week ago. Four days before reporting on set, I had a Covid test. The day I reported I had another quick test. Everyone wore masks and distanced unless you were filming or doing something with other workers. It was safe, but rules are rules. Its not just Hollywood people, it’s many jobs outside that set that depend on the filming.
WSnyder
I realize a lot of people don’t like Tom Cruise [I happen to like him]. Some will look at this story as a movie star being a primo donna and acting out on the crew. However, I see this for what it is, a Producer, who is under considerable pressure dealing with COVID restrictions and regulatory oversight, trying to keep everyone’s head in the game. I’m sure the crew is very happy to be working and likely not taking the COVID requirements very seriously but Tom, as the Producer, is likely getting feed-up with some lax attitudes and this was his snapping point.
If this audio was released in an attempt to cast him in a bad light and garner sympathy for the production crew, someone miscalculated, Biggly. Tom is certainly in the right and I’m sure the outburst was to make maximum impact on the production staff. Tom doesn’t have to work right now, but I’m sure a lot of these people do and despite of the the verbal curses, I think he’s actually trying to keep the production going so a lot of people can work and make ends meet.
Joseph1971
Wait……Scientologists don’t curse….that can’t be Tom.
Bob
cute.. He didn’t see the cellphone recording him is all.
lather
Best role he’s ever played! If we had all tried as hard to do what is right for each other, we’d be in much better health and financial condition.
Kudos to him!
tjack47
He did the right thing. Some people need their heads pulled out of their asses so that there’s a popping sound. Idiots.
barryaksarben
now he should donate half of the millions he is getting to help further
Openminded
Why? Why is it his responsibility to donate. He probably has more to give than me and you put together, but I’m betting he pays out more in taxes than both of us put together also.
RyanMBecker
Wow, like most of the people here, I support Cruise on this one. Depending on whether this was a first offense, he might have been a bit tough, but his sentiments were correct. This isn’t his first time playing the bad guy as boss. When he and Brad Pitt co-starred in that vampire movie, Pitt was apparently so malodorous that many in the crew complained to Cruise. He confronted Pitt about his lack of hygiene and there is bad blood between them to this day.
RyanMBecker
“Do you see that stick? How many meters is that?”
Wow, Tom Cruise knows the metric system. Gotta give him respect for that. I know that the set was in the UK, but still, most Americans won’t reference metric units unless they work in the sciences.
nm4047
sort of correct, metric is the ‘official’ system in the UK but only due to their EU membership requirements, road signage still all imperial, most weights in markets are also imperial.
jdr11201
It’s called getting old Tom,
We’re not as tolerant once men get to an age where we bark at our friends over nothing means: OLD Age. You know. No sex, no partner, you lash out. Hey, it least you’re alive you still look good just hang in there 😛
Openminded
I’m living proof that you are right jdr. The good thing is, we old farts are usually correct about what we bark about.
trojanboy
Like he has single handedly saved the film industry. When do these assholes learn that they are just actors not superheroes.
These guys should get a medal for being on set with him.
Jack Meoff
How arrogant of him to imply that he is solely responsible for saving the film industry and that it rests on his shoulders. Meanwhile when was the last time he even attended an awards ceremony? I guess you have to be nominated first.
ScottOnEarth
Right on, Tom. He owes those idiots not an ounce of respect or patience. They are endangering people’s lives and livelihoods by being stupid and Tom laid it down for them because he’s the boss.