And he gets so frustrated with having to try and explain that he goes, ‘Let me just-let’s just go do it. Tom was not happy with what I was doing because I had the shittiest lines. Which I think was very helpful to him, but it was extremely unhelpful to the rest of us. We’re frustrated with each other… It wasn’t going well… And John had made a decision at the beginning of the movie, unbeknownst certainly to me, that he didn’t speak English. “I don’t think it was a very well-written scene. Recalling how filming a scene with Cruise went for Newton, the actress claimed: He was a very dominant individual.” Although the statement might not fully reveal the extent of Tom Cruise’s problematic attitude on the sets of a film or toward other people, it does scrape the surface of what is a bigger picture involving the actor. Thandie Newton, Tom Cruise’s co-star in Mission: Impossible 2, revealed in an interview with Vulture, 20 years after the release of the movie, that she was thankful to not be called in to star with him after M:I 2 saying, “I was so scared of Tom. Not only is that because Newton’s performance chops are always a joy to watch, but the mark she left on the still going strong franchise is still well regarded 20 years after.Thandie Newton Has Some Issues Working With Tom Cruise With their chemistry balanced, and Mission: Impossible 2 going on to become a huge hit at the box office, one does have to wonder why Thandie Newton wasn’t asked back to play Nyah Nordoff-Hall in a future Mission: Impossible installment. I’ve never actually outright asked her, but when your husband is like, ‘Who would you mind me pretending to shag for the next six months?’ You know what I mean? It’s kind of nice if you can pick together. I had the most extraordinary time, and you know who got me that role? Nicole Kidman. It’s not the best way to get the best work out of someone. No, he was just like, ‘We’re going to reshoot this next week.’ I’m like, ‘Way brilliant.’ And the next time we shot it, I went in there and I just basically manifested all the - because I realized what he wanted. And then Tom called and I thought, Oh, this is it. And Jonathan was like, ‘Thandie, shame on you for not backing yourself.’ He was really sweet. I described the night to him: ‘A nightmare.’ As I was describing it, it was clear that I thought I was the big fucking problem.
I saw it growing, and it was like the zit was me, just getting bigger and bigger. It would take anyone else 48 hours to manifest a zit. I remember at the beginning of the night, seeing this slight red mark on his nose, and by the end of the night, I kid you not - this is how his metabolism is so fierce - he had a big whitehead where that red dot was. With all of that pressure on the line, having a night’s worth of dialogue that both Thandie Newton and Tom Cruise felt was subpar certainly didn’t help their night of shooting on a Spanish balcony.
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So this scene was happening, and Tom was not happy with what I was doing because I had the shittiest lines.Īs Mission: Impossible was a smash success, and Mission: Impossible 2 was the first experiment in the sustainability of the legendary TV series turned film franchise, there was no shortage of pressure. And John had made a decision at the beginning of the movie, unbeknownst certainly to me, that he didn’t speak English. He was downstairs looking at everything on a monitor. And I don’t think it was a very well-written scene. There was one time, we were doing this night scene, there were so many extras with pyrotechnics and you name it, and it was a scene with him and me on the balcony. And I think he has this sense that only he can do everything as best as it can be done. Mixed in with this profile of Thandie Newton’s stories of important moments throughout her resume was a story that talked about why she hasn’t appeared in the Mission: Impossible franchise since the second sequel released in 2000, and as you’ll see below, how the stressful night started out: Vulture conducted a comprehensive interview with Thandie Newton, which covered everything from her earliest acting credits, all the way down to her current role on Westworld.
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