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Tom Cruise Goes Off On Crew After Covid Breach On 'Mission: Impossible 7' London Set – Hear The Audio

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Most times when stars yell at crew on a movie set, it comes off like a diva turn. But Tom Cruise was caught in an audiotape unloading on the crew of the London set of Mission: Impossible 7, and it sounds like his ire is well placed.

London paper The Sun has posted audio — click on the video below to listen — of a tirade directed at the crew after he noticed lapses in social distancing protocols that were put in place to make one of the first blockbusters to resume production during the pandemic. In this case, Cruise, also the film’s producer, helped develop the protocols meant to get the film through production that spanned from Italy to Norway and London. It is a massive undertaking, and there were reports of Covid issues during the Italy leg of the shoot, which reportedly shut the film down for a couple of days.

Cruise told the crew that if the behavior is repeated, those who are caught would be fired. He is very emotional in delivering the message, telling the crew that the industry is hurting, and most of the industry shut down, and that people are losing their homes as a result.

Seeing this movie through to completion has been something of a mission for Cruise, who pushed to get back into production and who, behind the scenes, has used his time to advise other productions and studios on how they might also navigate in perilous times during the coronavirus pandemic. Like I said, it is hard to object to the tone and contents of his diatribe, because one careless Covid moment can knock a production out of action for two weeks, as happened on the Olivia Wilde-directed New Line film Don’t Worry Darling, which is now back in production.

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As he should clap3 It's funny how a lot of people are trying to portray Tom as the bad guy. Like I get it, I don't like him either, but he is absolutely in the right here.

The film industry is very, very lucky to even still be allowed to continue running, and that is only possible thanks to the extremely strict on-set policies and safety protocols that they have committed themselves to. People need to realize that there is a LOT at stake here. If the industry shuts again, tens of thousands of jobs would be lost; and these are people living paycheck to paycheck who struggled enough trying to make ends meet even without a pandemic. 

The rules and safety protocols are there for a reason. If they don't like it and won't start acting like adults on set, then they can go home and give the job to someone who actually wants the work. 

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1 hour ago, Snow said:

The film industry is very, very lucky to even still be allowed to continue running, and that is only possible thanks to the extremely strict on-set policies and safety protocols that they have committed themselves to. People need to realize that there is a LOT at stake here. If the industry shuts again, tens of thousands of jobs would be lost; and these are people living paycheck to paycheck who struggled enough trying to make ends meet even without a pandemic. 

Exactly. The entire entertainment industry is lucky to be up-and-running.
The Bold and the Beautiful was the first television series to resume production, and, they've already had to shut down, due to positive COVID tests. One they didn't even stop filming for.

In my eyes, people are picking and choosing what protocols to follow, and who to blame. If you cannot follow them, in ANY industry, bye-bye! Tom Cruise is absolutely in the right on this one, and I state this as someone who never states this about Cruise.

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