Tom Cruise is known for doing his own stunts. After all, the Mission Impossible films keep getting bigger and better thanks to his dedication to performing outrageous stunts. After all, who can forget the iconic run on the Burj Khalifa?
One would think that the actor would get assisted in other departments while filming. But turns out, apart from the action, the star also did his own hair and makeup. However, while doing so he nearly gave a crew member of Mission Impossible 7 a heart attack.
How Tom Cruise Almost Frightened A Mission Impossible 7 Crew Member To Death
In an interview with Justin Hill (via Daily Mail), Tom Cruise revealed that he gave the hairdresser of Mission Impossible 7 a fright when he threatened to cut his own hair off. As expected, the hair and makeup department was less than impressed. The actor said:
“I took the scissors out because I was going to cut my hair. [The hairdresser] said, ‘Stop, stop, stop!.’ I said, ‘Look, there’s this little part right here.’ I started cutting my hair… She was having a heart attack.”
But Cruise revealed that he was just joking with everyone on set and wasn’t actually planning on cutting his locks off like that. However, the actor really did do his hair and makeup on the sets. His co-star and rumored ex-girlfriend Hayley Atwell confirmed this and said:
“There was, at one point, I think that he was doing his own hair and makeup because we were in the middle of the pandemic. He was moving massive props just trying to help out to save time.”
However, even though the Minority Report star was willing to do his hair and makeup as well as his own stunts, there was one particular action scene he didn’t want to do.
Tom Cruise Refused To Do This One Action Scene In Mission Impossible 7
Tom Cruise generally does his own stunts. But for one scene in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning- Part One, he got his stunt double. Pom Klementieff, who plays Paris in the film, revealed that the Top Gun 2 star refused to kick her in the stomach during a Venice fight scene even though she insisted. She said:
“I kept telling him to just kick me. I was squeezing abs and said ‘You can just go for it’, but he was like ‘No, no, no, no, no’. I was like ‘It’s going to help me’, but he wouldn’t do it.”
Looks like Tom Cruise is the perfect gentleman who knows exactly what to do and what not to do. It’s because of all these and more, he’s considered to be the last movie star of Hollywood.
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning- Part One will be released on July 12th, 2023.
The Mission Impossible films are streaming on Paramount+.
Source: Daily Mail
