True, though Moore was never really an action star…
By today’s standards, perhaps not.
But back in the day when there just wasn’t the focus on getting the actors all pumped up and trained for arm to arm combat etc., it was sufficient to just be In an action movie, to be labelled an action star.
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And really, nobody is like Tom Cruise. 
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In terms of mind boggling facts, that is up there with Cleopatra living closer to the invention of the iPhone than the building of the pyramids! Well played sir👏
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Or that we are currently closer to 2050 than to 1989.
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I’ve been following the progress. Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible stunts feel like they bring the world together in fascination. It’ll be a sad day when this spectacle is no more.
Just casually relaxing on the roof of a speeding train.
Can’t wait to see this movie.
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Looks like Cruise and Atwell are filming a variation of the chase while handcuffed. Albeit in a car.
Am sure it will be thrilling.
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Outstanding.
I’m putting this here because it’s the natural place for it - but it touches on various other ongoing threads, mostly the COVID-19 response, upcoming films and NTTD release ones.
This puts into sharp relief how hard actual teamwork under social distancing is. These are professionals whose jobs and income depend on the production. And yet they eff up with basic procedures. Small scale perhaps - but a large number of small scale lapses ends up in an increased number of cases regardless. How much better would we do after a long day at work in company of a few friends at the pub?
Exactly…
We tend to also discuss the cruel fate of NO TIME TO DIE because of its aborted and repeatedly moved release date. But here’s a back-to-back production of similar scale caught right in the middle of shooting with nary an idea when and how to be able to finish. Compared to this NO TIME TO DIE is the finished product they just have to pull from the oven and sell. If they don’t botch up the promotional campaign again they can even save a few million.
It will likely still be difficult as hell and then earn less than expected. But I doubt anybody would want to be in Cruise’s shoes until they brought their production home safe and sound.
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Cruise is a notorious “control freak”
Having to make TWO HUGE FILMS would be hard in the best of times, god knows how a man who, literally, broke his limbs to make one of these films would act now.
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I’ve never heard anything otherwise.
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@Yellow-Pinky is right as far as I can find. They’re making 2 films, Covid be dammed.
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I think the production was planned from the go on back-to-back. Which probably means that some parts of the schedule for 7 intertwine with 8. Probably (nearly) impossible to divide the one film from the other and just finish 7. So they are likely keeping as much to schedule as they possibly can because the alternative might be no production at all.
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I thought the same thing!
It’s always jarring to hear any supervisor blow their top like that in a professional environment. Normally I’d say it was foolish of him or anyone to react that way toward someone at work. That being said, you can hear the stress in his voice as he lays out his valid burdens. I can’t imagine how much pressure he must feel as an actor/producer to not only shepherd the whole cast and crew over the finish line safely, but to prove on top of it all that their workplace model and protocols are effective enough for the industry itself to continue work during the pandemic when so many other industries have been shuttered. He showed more concern for the big picture issues plaguing us as a society at large and rage at the failure of adults to follow basic safety guidelines than anyone I’ve seen in government (though to be fair he has the benefit of not worrying about reelection, callous as that may sound). He also chose to chew these folks out instead of firing them, which speaks volumes as well. Again, hard to condone that sort of outburst…but I think at this stage of the game, it’s understandable. We aren’t exactly in week one of this.
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This.
It’s not as if Cruise needs these films - the ones who need them are the crew and the entire complex production industry behind MI 7&8. And they can really be happy to have a job compared to the army of folks who currently live off their savings. Whatever you think of him, here he points out the obvious: if the pros don’t adhere to protocol they cut the branch they are sitting on with their families - and not just for themselves but the industry as a whole.
As for meltdowns, I’m sure they happen much more regularly than we are aware of. Might even be the leak didn’t happen entirely below the production’s radar. After all it shows they take this seriously and are prepared to enforce their rules.
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I think this plays well for Cruise, and I understand where he’s coming from. He’s making films and these are the conditions that must be adhered to, whether he or anyone else likes it or not. Failure to adhere to those conditions equals the production shutting down. I’d rather have that talk ASAP, and make sure everybody gets it. Then move forward with that understanding.
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I would welcome Cruise to talk to many people I know who still think „this virus is no problem if you have a good immune system“, „one can be too careful“, „they cannot make me not have Christmas with my friends and family“, „nah, I don’t believe in vaccines anyway“, „man, chill, I don’t have symptoms“…
It’s perfectly fine that Cruise vented, and the fact that some people criticize him for that is a sad sign of where we are as a society.
Imagine this conversation during WW2:
„How dare he tell me not to go out when bombs fall? He is a Hollywood star and follows a cult. I don’t care if he is making sense here - I have the right to go out, and I don’t see any bombs falling. The debris? It’s only other people‘s houses, mine has a solid foundation. And if bombs do fall I believe I can outrun them anyway.“
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