Simon Pegg Reveals He Hid His Struggle With Alcohol While Filming 'Mission: Impossible' With Tom Cruise

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter A familiar face is back on the Croisette. Well, kind of… Tom Cruise may not be attending this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where “Top Gun: Maverick” premiered in 2022 to massive fanfare, but the star’s presence is enduring in the South of France. For festival attendees, it’s impossible to miss the giant LED screen outside the famed Carlton Hotel, where a trailer of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1” has been playing on loop all week. It’s designed to hype up movie lovers for the seventh installment in the globe-trotting franchise, which has no affiliation with Cannes, but debuts theatrically in July. “We’ve had this location for years because it’s at the heart of the festival action,” says Marc Weinstock, Paramount’s president of worldwide marketing and distribution. “Cannes is a renowned festival with global reach, which is why we chose to screen ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ there. It’s the perfect setting to showcase a Tom Cruise movie.”

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones stopped by Cannes for some stunning red carpet photos. They were accompanied by their daughter, Carys, who looked stunning in a white dress.Catherine Zeta-Jones shares video of her daughter’s “Wednesday sass”From Jenna Ortega to Catherine Zeta-Jones: These are the highest-earning stars from ‘Wednesday’Michael Douglas shares why Catherine Zeta-Jones makes him take his pants off on the golf courseCatherine wore a stunning red gown, while Michael wore a traditional black suit.

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Producers Guild of America will hold its next PGA Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 25, 2024, presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald DeLine announced on Wednesday. The 2024 installment will mark the 35th annual PGA Awards ceremony. Here is this year’s PGA Awards calendar: Eligibility Period for 2024 Producers Guild Awards Notice of Producing Credits Form Deadline

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – check it out above.Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the seventh installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise sees Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) confront faces from the past as a new weapon threatens to wipe out humanity.Alongside Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Czerny and Ving Rhames reprise their roles from previous outings. New additions to the cast include Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Shea Whigham and Pom Klementieff.A synopsis reads: “In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands.This is their most dangerous mission yet. Here's the official poster for #MissionImpossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, starring @TomCruise.

Paramount Pictures has unleashed a new adrenaline-pumping trailer for Tom Cruise’s seventh mission in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”.

The official trailer for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is out, and Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is off and running again.

Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in the brand new installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.

Tom Cruise is ready to get more intense than ever in A new trailer for the upcoming seventh installment in the action franchise — which stars Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt — dropped on Wednesday, giving fans a look at the high-powered action sequences and daring stunts we've come to expect from the Christopher McQuarrie-directed franchise.also features returning stars like Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, and Henry Czerny. star Hayley Atwell joins the film as a mysterious character, while Esai Morales and star Pom Klementieff play two of the primary antagonists. When filming last winter, Cruise gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at a stunt sequence for the film, what he called the most dangerous stunt of his career: a motorcycle jump off of a cliff into a base jump.«I've wanted to do it since I was a little kid,» Cruise said of the stunt.

Fresh off the record-breaking (and potentially Oscar-minted) success of “Top Gun: Maverick,” its megawatt producer and star Tom Cruise is back with a shiny new sequel to his other most iconic franchise.  READ MORE: Christopher McQuarrie Downplays Report Of Tom Cruise Exiting After ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” on our list of The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2023, was first announced back in February as the first of a two-feature story arc that will serve as the epic send-off to the character of Ethan Hunt, which Cruise has played in six films over 25 years.

Michaela Zee editor Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” teasing Tom Cruise’s seventh, and likely penultimate, mission as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. In addition to Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Czerny, Vanessa Kirby and Frederick Schmidt reprise their roles from previous “Mission: Impossible” films. “Part One” also stars series newcomers Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes, Rob Delaney, Indira Varma, Shea Whigham, Mark Gatiss, Esai Morales and Charles Parnell. The first trailer for “Dead Reckoning” included a shot of Cruise driving a motorcycle off a cliff. Paramount Pictures offered a deeper look at the impressive stunt with a behind-the-scenes featurette released in December.

"Top Gun," a triumphant all-American pre-"woke" Hollywood movie classic, was released on this day in history, May 16, 1986. Patriotic and sexy, if somewhat predictable, the action-romance placed cocky young U.S.

Simon Pegg is getting candid about his struggles with alcohol.During a recent episode of the BBC's, Pegg revealed that he hid his alcoholism while working on the set of  in the 2000s.«You become very sneaky when you have something like that in your life,» Pegg told host Lauren Laverne, via the .Pegg, who plays an IMF technical field agent, Benji Dunn in the series, shared that he became addicted to alcohol after suffering through a series of mental health issues, the first of which started as a teenage bout of depression while studying to get into the University of Bristol. A seriously low mood returned unexpectedly in 2006, but Pegg kept the matter private while filming the franchise's third installment, which was released that year.«You learn how to do it without anyone noticing because it takes over.

Janet Jackson! The pop icon has taken to documenting her visitors while traveling on the road for her «Together Again» tour, her ninth concert tour to date.  On Friday, Jackson performed a concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, which was attended by none other than Tom Cruise.

Rolling Stone interview, Hollywood, 57, revealed that he once baked muffins for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in the early ‘90s, while they were in Ireland filming the 1992 movie “Far and Away.” “I used to do blueberry and pumpkin muffins at the Dorchester, and there was a request put in for extra muffins. I thought, ‘This is weird.

Simon Pegg has known Tom Cruise since 2006′s Mission: Impossible III and they’ve been working together on the franchise films ever since.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Simon Pegg and Tom Cruise have been “Mission: Impossible” co-stars and friends since meeting during the production of J.J. Abrams’ third installment, which opened in theaters in 2006, but that doesn’t mean the two discuss Cruise’s ties to Scientology. During an interview on BBC’s “Desert Island Discs” radio show, Pegg said he does not ask Cruise about anything related to his “personal beliefs” because “that would be me abusing my privileged access that I get to him.” That means Scientology questions are off the table. So what does Pegg talk to Cruise about? Cruise’s mega-fame, for starters. “We joke about it,” Pegg said. “I mean, I always make fun of him for it, you know, about the things that he can access. We were filming in South Africa recently on this mountain and then he decided he wanted to swim with sharks. He flew us in a helicopter to this seaside part and we dived with sharks. At the end of the day we said, ‘That was a real Tom Cruise kind of day.’ He kind of appreciates the ridiculousness of it sometimes.”

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McKinley Franklin editor Simon Pegg has opened up about his personal struggles, revealing that he concealed his alcoholism while working on the set of “Mission: Impossible III” in the 2000’s. The actor discussed the matter on a recent episode of the BBC’s “Desert Island Discs,” via the Guardian. “You become very sneaky when you have something like that in your life,” he told Lauren Laverne, host of the radio program. Pegg, who plays a IMF technical field agent Benji Dunn in the series, disclosed that he developed an addiction after suffering a series of mental health issues. He kept the matter private while filming “Mission: Impossible III,” which was released in 2006.

Simon Pegg has revealed how he previously hid his alcoholism from cast and crew on the film set of Mission Impossible. 

Janet Jackson shared a special moment with Tom Cruise.

Kimberly Shannon Murphy needed someone to stand in for her — to give her the emotional lift she needed, she turned to Cameron Diaz.The Oceanside, LI native has enjoyed a 20-year career doubling for superstar actresses, including Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Sandra Bullock, Blake Lively and Diaz, for whom she stood in in 2008’s “What Happens in Vegas.”“At that time in my life, I was 26 or something, still really struggling with a lot of my demons and she was just someone who was a pure light,” Murphy, 46, told The Post ahead of the May 16 release of her memoir “Glimmer: A Story of Survival, Hope, and Healing.”“Just watching her gave me so much hope … someone to strive to be … because she was just this incredible human.”She is among the pals Diaz invites to her house for what they call a “seven-hour salad,” where the actress dons a visor emblazoned with the word meat and barbecues. Murphy is so in awe of Diaz, that she asked her to pen the foreward to her book.She even met her husband, famed stuntman Casey O’Neill, known to double for Tom Cruise, when she was doubling for Diaz on the 2010 action-comedy “Knight and Day.”She has worked in over 130 TV shows and films, from “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Captain America” to “Hunger Games” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” for which she won a 2020 Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Fight.The sequence, where she tackles Brad Pitt before he smashes her head into a wall, took a lot of prep.“We did three months of rehearsals for that scene,” she said.Her worst injury was on the set of the 2007 Will Smith thriller “I Am Legend.”“I think I had like 80 stitches in my face,” she said.

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor It’s one thing to see Tom Cruise seemingly defy the laws of sanity in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, but it’s a whole other experience watching the actor complete his stunts in person. Vanessa Kirby, who reprises her role as the White Widow in “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” says she was on set when Cruise parachuted from a motorcycle after riding it off a cliff in Iceland for the eighth installment of “M:I.” “He did it many times in one day,” recalls Kirby. “He did it consecutively … and repeatedly so he could capture all the different angles and sides of it.” If Cruise was nervous, he sure didn’t show it. “He was just so calm,” Kirby says. “He had no fear. He just found it exhilarating. That kind of belief in cinema and what one could achieve and his passion for it is so inspiring. He kind of believes he can do the impossible and then he does…I love being a part of the franchise. I’m really excited to come back.”

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Tom Cruise and Shakira set the internet aflame when they were photographed and recorded at Miami’s Formula One Grand Prix. And while many believe that the two are friends and have known each other for some time, a source claims Cruise is very interested in pursuing her. Shakira seemingly mentions Piqué during acceptance speech: ‘Faithful or not’Goyo posts photo with Shakira, celebrating women and ColombiaInside Shakira and Tom Cruise’s friendship over the years“He is extremely interested in pursuing her,” said a source to Page Six, claiming that Cruise sent her some flowers after their meeting in Miami.

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Tom Cruise and Sharika could be set to be Hollywood's next unexpected couple, with reports claiming the two stars have "chemistry".Top Gun star Tom, 60, and Hips Don't Lie singer Shakira, 46, spent time together at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Miami over the weekend and were photographed looking happy in each other's company. Now, reports have claimed Tom is "extremely interested" in romantically pursuing Shakira, with a source telling Page Six: “He is extremely interested in pursuing her.There is chemistry." The insider also said Tom could be just what Shakira needs after splitting from partner Gerard Piqué in 2022. They added that "Shakira needs a soft pillow to fall on, and that could be Tom,” before going on to note that Tom is a "nice-looking guy" and "talented".

Shakira has been making the most out of her time in Miami. The Colombian icon has had some very meaningful moments the past few days, from her important recognition by Billboard as Woman of The Year, reuniting with her peers for new music projects, and most recently attending F1.During her latest outing, Shakira was spotted hanging out with Tom Cruise, leaving many of her fans wondering about the nature of their relationship, as they are both for maintaining their personal lives private.According to El Confidencial, the pair have had “a relationship for many years,” adding that the Hollywood star is someone who appreciates his friendships.