MOVIE NEWS – With Christmas 2020 approaching, the audio recording in which Tom Cruise shouts out loud to members of the crew of his new film, Mission: Impossible Showdown Part One, caused a huge stir around the world. for breaking the safety regulations brought about by the pandemic.

This was the first super production to be filmed during Covid-19 under very strict rules. Cruise completely collapsed because his colleagues threatened the completion of the production. Due to the ill-chosen words, we will not quote the star’s speech verbatim, the point is that he put it into perspective: anyone who does not pay attention to the rules will fly immediately.

(The original recording can still be heard here: Tom Cruise Covid rant – star warns Mission: Impossible crew they’re ‘f***ing gone’ ‘ if they break rules on set | The US Sun (the-sun.com)).

Since then, the pandemic has ended, Mission: Impossible Showdown Part One will be released soon, and with the scandal over, Hollywood and half the world will admit that Cruise was absolutely right. In addition, Top Gun: Maverick was the first blockbuster to gross as much as its pre-Covid counterparts, so the moral and professional value of the star rose greatly.

To be on the safe side, the director of Mission: Impossible Showdown Part One, Christopher McQuarrie, emphasized again in an interview with Entertainment Weekly how justified Cruise was ran out: “All this happened in a very complicated and very uncertain time. We fought to keep the profession alive, for people to have jobs, for the studios and cinemas to function, as we are doing now. We are glad that almost everyone understood the purpose of this.”

(Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One – domestic release: July 13, 2023)

Source: UIP