Tom Cruise Admits He Is Not Better Than His Mission Impossible 7 Co-star When It Comes to One Thing
Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning finally premiered in Rome on Monday and has received exhilarating reactions from fans and critics. Renowned for his death-defying stunts in the Mission Impossible franchise films, actor Tom Cruise has once again proved his mettle. Though the actor is the king of many talents, his co-star in the film, Simon Pegg has managed to beat Cruise in the talent for accent.
Tom Cruise Lacks Talent For An Accurate British Accent
Tom Cruise may possess multiple incredible talents but putting on an accurate British accent is apparently not one of them. During an interview on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X, Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible co-star Simon Pegg revealed on Thursday that 60-year-old, Top Gun megastar’s Brit impersonation is so bad that he’ll probably ‘never’ play someone from the UK on screen.
Pegg talked about his stunt struggles saying, he couldn’t even drive a car up a hill whereas Tom Cruise is jumping off cliffs on bikes in reference to a challenging scene from Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. But then Pegg also revealed that there is one thing which he can do better than Hollywood hunk. Pegg added, “I’m better than him at accents, we mess around a lot on set and when you hear him try to do a British accent it’s hilarious… it’s somewhere between Dick Van [Dyke]…”
In response to Simon Pegg’s claims, Tom Cruise genuinely admitted about his shortcoming and in a recent interview with Metro UK, the actor said agreeing to Pegg, “Yes I think he does.”
Cruise added “His Michael Caine is much better than mine!” referring to their attempts to mimic the iconic tones of the legendary star. Cruise was also grateful to Pegg for his help in grasping the accent. “He’s been teaching me it. It’s much better than mine.” It can be unanimously concluded that the Shaun of the Dead actor is way better than Tom Cruise when it comes to British accent.
Mission: Impossible 7 First Reactions: Tom Cruise Conquers Critics
One of the most awaited action films of this year, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One finally had its world premiere on Monday in the Italian capital Rome in the Auditorium della Conciliazione. The entire Mission: Impossible 7 cast gathered in Rome for the movie’s long-awaited world premiere.
The large contingent of the film’s ensemble including, Tom Cruise, director Christopher McQuarrie, Hayley Atwell; Rebecca Ferguson; Simon Pegg; Vanessa Kirby; Pom Klementieff, Esai Morales, Shea Whigham and Greg Tarzan Davis were welcomed with a warm round of applause.
Dead Reckoning Part One follows the events of Fallout, where Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his crew of secret agents saved the world from a nuclear apocalypse amid a series of double-crosses. During the screening of the film, the audience cheered open-heartedly and there were constant shoutouts for Tom Cruise throughout the screening.
The film also received much praise for its impressive stunts and action scenes. One of the most prominent death-defying acts pushed in the marketing features Cruise actually riding a motorcycle off the edge of a cliff. The seventh Mission: Impossible entry will be released by Paramount on July 12.
Source: Metro UK
