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Greg Evans
Dec 16, 2020
Hollywood megastar Tom Cruise has hit headlines after the actor can be heard in leaked audio from the set of Mission: Impossible 7 berating and swearing at members of the crew for breaking Covid-19 safety guidelines.
In the audio, obtained by The Sun, Cruise blasts the two crew members for standing too close to each other at a computer screen. “If I see you do it again you’re f**king gone” the 58-year-old can be heard bellowing
The star then added, "We are the gold standard. They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us. Because they believe in us and what we’re doing. I’m on the phone with every fucking 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 motherf**kers. I don’t ever want to see it again. Ever!”
Cruise has reportedly been very strict about people following the safety guidelines on the set of the moving, which is currently filming in the UK, which is seeing a steep rise in Covid-19 cases as the year closes out. Cruise warned the crew members that the movie could be shut down if they aren’t more careful and highlighted how much the movie industry has suffered this year because of the pandemic.
The story and the audio of Cruise’s rant has since gone viral and despite Cruise being something of a contentious figure in Hollywood, mostly due to personal aspects of his life, lots of people are actually praising him.
It sucks having to yell at people. Sometimes people do it because they are creepy megalomaniacs, sure. But sometime… https://t.co/5xDA1TCV3B— Eliza Skinner (@Eliza Skinner) 1608088207
Wow. This audio is amazing. It's like Tom Cruise is giving the entire world a lesson in the stakes of not abiding b… https://t.co/ThbwCtkgrG— Michael Barbaro (@Michael Barbaro) 1608085166
Dear Tom Cruise, Please come yell at America.— Mike Scully (@Mike Scully) 1608081102
I love the Tom Cruise audio. Not because I think that's the right way to talk to people. It's just nice to finally… https://t.co/A9b4Le84kc— Matt Fernandez (@Matt Fernandez) 1608092778
In all fairness when I see someone with their mask below their nose at the post office I become Tom Cruise.— Abbi Crutchfield (@Abbi Crutchfield) 1608093698
Tom Cruise’s outburst shows some really lopsided power dynamics, but I think a lot of people are just responding to… https://t.co/aS35xphBP3— Clarisse Loughrey (@Clarisse Loughrey) 1608110380
Of course, with any major piece of news like this, there are always memes and jokes.
Tom Cruise goes off on sound guy https://t.co/SgOCeXrDWQ— Brent Terhune in OKC Jan 20-22 (@Brent Terhune in OKC Jan 20-22) 1608089087
The leaked audio of Tom Cruise yelling is so great, the man simply cannot stop being Tom Cruise.— Will Sloan (@Will Sloan) 1608080818
There have been comparisons to Christian Bale, who had a similar outburst on the set of Terminator: Salvation in 2009 but it should be said that the context of these two rants are very different.
Tom Cruise went fucking HARDDD...but not in a douche bag Christian Bale kind of way...in a “We are trying to save t… https://t.co/uKLWnt6wwv— Caleb Williams (@Caleb Williams) 1608077923
Been a while since we've had a star go full Christian Bale!!! #tomcruise https://t.co/Jbmnwb1BjO— Jay K. Cagatay (@Jay K. Cagatay) 1608081021
However, some are still uncomfortable with praising Cruise and the way he reacted.
There is said to be 50 members of staff of the set of Mission: Impossible 7 which is filming at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, Herts and is set for a release in November, 2021.