Thandiwe Newton has a lot of outstanding projects under her belt including Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 2 (2000). However, she never returned to the hit franchise again. Though she stated that she was never asked for another one, she further revealed a specific concern she had with the lead actor which was what bugged Brad Pitt.
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While the Bullet Train actor and Top Gun star had quite a history together, it is not at all good. Their cold relationship is quite evident even now with Pitt once revealing that he started resenting the latter. However, in the case of Newton, she was quite scared while working with the Ethan Hunt actor in the 2000 action flick.
Thandiwe Newton Shared Her Experience Working With Tom Cruise
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In an interview with Vulture, Thandiwe Newton gave an insight into her experience while working with Tom Cruise in 2000’s Mission: Impossible 2. She reflected that his ‘dominant’ personality left her scared.
She shared,
“I was so scared of Tom. He was a very dominant individual. He tries super hard to be a nice person. But the pressure. He takes on a lot. And I think he has this sense that only he can do everything as best as it can be done.”
She further recalled her filming experience when he suggested switching places to rehearse for one of the scenes as it was not “very well-written.” They eventually switched places with the actor showing her how he wanted the lines to be delivered that only pushed her into insecurity.
She added,
“It just pushed me further into a place of terror and insecurity. It was a real shame. And bless him. And I really do mean bless him, because he was trying his damnedest.”
She further commented.
“He wasn’t horrible. It was just — he was really stressed.”
Despite her difficult experience, she didn’t seem to think badly about the Jerry Maguire actor. However, her experience seemed to have somewhat aligned with actor, Brad Pitt who reflected on his experience working with him in Interview with the Vampire.
Brad Pitt’s Take on Working With Tom Cruise
The Fight Club actor once starred with Cruise in Interview with the Vampire (1994) however their experience was anything but good.
He was not fond of the action star as he once commented, “He bugged me” as per Radar. He continued,
“There came a point during filming when I started really resenting him. He’s the North Pole, I’m South. He’s always coming at you with a handshake, whereas I may bump into you. There was this underlying competition that got in the way of any real conversation.”
As the Oblivion actor did not leave a great impression on the Moneyball actor, it is safe to assume that he would not want to work with him again. Since then, Hollywood has continued to witness a cold rivalry brewing between the duo as for now are on good terms.
