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Tom Cruise<\/a> feared COVID-19 could “wipe cinema off the face of this earth”.<\/p>\n

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Simon Pegg defended Tom Cruise’s outburst<\/p>\n

The 61-year-old actor was heard in audio footage leaked in December 2020 yelling at a crew member who was breaking social distancing rules on the set of ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ and his co-star Simon Pegg<\/a> can understand why his pal lost his cool.<\/p>\n

He told Sunday Times Culture magazine: \u201cEverything that Tom cares about, in terms of his job, was at stake due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor him there was a danger this virus could wipe cinema off the face of this earth.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople can argue that cinema is frivolous. But it\u2019s not. Cinema brings people together at a time we\u2019re pulling apart, and that just added to Tom\u2019s determination to put people in a room together. The power of cinema is, for him, precious and it\u2019s vital we sustain it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAlthough Tom has made challenging movies like ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ and ‘Minority Report’ in the past, his main goal now is to make films that entertain.<\/p>\n

\nHis ‘Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ co-star Hayley Atwell said: \u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to make movies now to punish an audience. He doesn\u2019t want films with the message that if you do not understand this you\u2019re not smart.<\/p>\n

\n” I can tell when I watch some movies that the director has made it for themselves. I don\u2019t feel involved or I think, \u2018Am I stupid?\u2019 Tom\u2019s not a snob.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nDirector Christopher McQuarrie added: \u201cIn our first meeting, Tom said, unashamedly, \u2018I make mass entertainment.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\n\u201cThere is an outsized importance placedon Oscars. Films that not many people are going to see. A wedge has been driven into the industry. Are you an artist or an entertainer? Tom doesn\u2019t see them as mutually exclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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