The actor Tom Cruise recently erupted at crew members on the set of Mission: Impossible 7 over a breach of Covid-19 protocols in an apparent effort to prevent further disruptions to a film whose production has already been delayed by the pandemic.
“We are creating thousands of jobs,” Cruise, the star of the film, can be heard saying in a leaked audio clip that is littered with expletives. “I don’t ever want to see it again! Ever! And if you don’t do it, you’re fired!”
The recording was published on Tuesday by The Sun, a British tabloid, and its authenticity was confirmed by two sources close to the film. One source said that Cruise had been speaking to members of the Mission: Impossible 7 crew about a breach in Covid-19 protocols on the set in London, and that further details were not immediately available.
Cruise apparently became enraged after spotting two crew members standing together at a computer screen, in violation of an on-set rule requiring people to stand about six feet apart, The Sun reported.
Paramount Pictures declined to comment, and The Sun did not say when the recording of Cruise, 58, had been made. Reuters reported that the filmmakers for Mission: Impossible 7 — the latest instalment in the 24-year-old series — arrived in London earlier this month.
In February, production on the film was shuttered in Venice, Italy, amid a raging coronavirus outbreak in that country, Reuters said. Production resumed in September, and has since moved between Italy, Norway and Britain.
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