Tom Cruise’s Intense Words to Mission: Impossible 8 Co-star Perfectly Encapsulate Why His Moves Never Fail to Hit the Mark
Popularly known as a Hollywood icon, actor Tom Cruise has over the years established himself as an action star by starring in movies including Mission: Impossible, Collateral, The Las Samurai, Top Gun, Edge of Tomorrow, and more. Cruise is one of the most influential actors in the industry and has been consistently one of the highest-paid actors.
Cruise’s Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, received critical acclaim upon its release, with special mention for Cruise. The actor had mentioned that they’d be filming two Mission: Impossible movies back-to-back, but the filming for the eighth part was halted due to the SAG-AFTRA strike and resumed back in March 2024, only to pause in May. However, Tom Cruise’s co-stars reveal what he said to them while filming the eighth part of the spy-action movie.
Shea Whigham says Mission: Impossible co-star Tom Cruise could outrun Lake George co-star Carrie Coon
Ahead of the premiere of his dark neo-noir movie Lake George at New York City’s Tribeca Festival, Shea Whigham spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, where he went on to reveal his experience working on Mission: Impossible movies alongside Tom Cruise. He also added,
Tom Cruise is fast, but I didn’t know that Tom could outrun Carrie, to be honest.
Talking about the one memorable night where Cruise invited him for dinner after they filmed a big scene, made him realize that the production of the eighth part of the movie is far from over. Whigham, who plays Jasper Briggs, a US intelligence agent assigned to track Ethan Hunt and his team down, recalled,
We did this scene between Tom and myself, and then Tom said, ‘We’re going to go out to dinner.’ So we went out to dinner when I was done, and then Tom said, ‘Do you realize that we come out one year from today? And it’s going to be a sprint to finish the f***king thing.’
The actor added that it’s in that moment he realized that what Cruise and McQuarrie have in mind with the second Dead Reckoning (till now untitled) is going to make the audience go gaga. He noted that Cruise told him that he was going to film all summer, adding that he cannot even begin to explain how much efforts his makes for his movies. Whigham mentioned that the actor wants to make the upcoming movie like an adventure movie, and he and the director have an exact idea of what they want to do with it.
Shea Whigham reveals one request he put in for Mission: Impossible 8
The actor revealed in his conversation with THR that he spoke to Christopher McQuarrie and requested one little thing that meant a lot to him. He said,
I said to Christopher McQuarrie, ‘I don’t want a bigger trailer. I don’t want more money. I don’t want better catering. I just want one scene between Tom and me where you, McQ, write it like, ‘The Usual Suspects, and we get a chance to get in there. And then he delivered.
Ted Lasso actress Hannah Waddingham, who also stars in the eighth part, shared at the premiere of The Garfield Movie at the TCL Chinese Theatre spoke to ET Online about her experience working with the actor. She added that it was simply gorgeous and inspirational to work with him. The actress further recalled;
We were in an Osprey; we landed on a moving vessel with four and a half thousand Naval men and women on it and spent five days. I can’t tell you how inspired I came away by Tom and Chris McQuarrie.
Talking about her character, without giving any spoilers, she said that her character is powerful and functional.
Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One is available on VOD. The eighth part is scheduled for May 2025.
