Another Mission: Impossible movie is nearly upon us, which means fans are about to be treated to two-and-a-half hours of action. Many of the thrills, of course, involve Tom Cruise performing some impressive stunts. While the A-lister’s feats are incredibly entertaining, they also look somewhat dangerous. The members of the franchise’s cast and crew get a first-hand look at these major sequences while they’re on set. So one would think that they’re pretty much used to seeing Cruise risk his safety now and then. However, co-star Simon Pegg explained that the whole M:I team still has to live with the fact that their leading man could seriously injure himself one day.
Simon Pegg has worked with Tom Cruise on four M:I movies at this point, and they’re currently working on another. They seem to have become close friends, with Pegg even noting that their unique relationship allows him to “make fun of” the Hollywood titan. But when you have a good buddy, you can’t help but be concerned about them at times. Pegg got candid about that while speaking with Deadline at the premiere of Dead Reckoning – Part One in Rome this past Monday. The 53-year-old star feels fortunate that his character, Benji, doesn’t do much of the physical work. Yet he – and his collaborators – can’t help but consider that Cruise might end up hurting himself:
