In order to ensure productions aren’t shut down due to a COVID-19 outbreak, studios are imposing strict set regulations designed to protect cast and crew from contracting and spreading the virus. Unfortunately, twoMission: Impossible 7crew members failed to comply with the production’s safety protocols and were consequently reprimanded by Tom Cruise.
Production on the seventhMission: Impossiblewas scheduled to begin in February 2020 with a three-week shoot in Venice, Italy, before moving to Rome. However, concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the local government to ban mass gatherings and Paramount subsequentlypostponed the start of productiononMission: Impossible 7. Several months later, filming would resume under the aforementioned safety regulations, which include the requirement for those on set to maintain their distance from each other.
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According to The Sun, twoMission: Impossible 7crew members failed to comply with these protocols and were spotted standing less than a meter away from each other at a computer screen. In response, Cruise, who has reportedly taken it upon himself to assist the health and safety department inensuring the safety precautions are enforced, lashed out at the two individuals in a tirade that was leaked to the British newspaper. “I’m on the phone with every fing studio at night, insurance companies, producers, and they’re looking at us and using us to make their movies,” he shouted, referring to the safety standard he hopes to set with theMission: Impossible 7production. “We are creating thousands of jobs you motherf**s.”
Cruise continued his rant by vowing to fire the two crew members if they violate the regulations again before emphasizing what’s at stake if a COVID-19 outbreak forcesMission: Impossible 7tosuspend production again. “I don’t ever want to see it again, ever. And if you don’t do it you’re fired, if I see you do it again you’re fing gone. And if anyone in this crew does it–that’s it, and you too and you too. And you, don’t you ever fing do it again,” Cruise shouted. “That’s what I sleep with every night. The future of this fing industry! So I’m sorry, I am beyond your apologies. I have told you and now I want it and if you don’t do it, you’re out. We are not shutting this fing movie down!”
The COVID-19 pandemic has already forced the release date ofMission: Impossible 7to be postponed. Initially slated to hit theaters in July 2021, the latest installment of the spy franchise waspushed back to Novemberof the same year while the eighth entry was moved from August 2022 to the following November.
Cruise’s concerns aren’t unfounded considering multiple film productions have been forced to temporarily suspend filming since resuming amid the pandemic. One of the most prominent examples was Warner Bros.‘The Batman, which shut down production for two weeks after lead starRobert Pattinson tested positive for COVID-19.
Mission: Impossible 7is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 10, 2025.
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