Simon Pegg credits Mission: Impossible films for rescuing him from his alcoholism

Simon Pegg revealed that the Mission: Impossible franchise helped him to escape a cycle of depressive alcoholism.

Pegg first joined the franchise in 2006 when he starred in Mission: Impossible III as Benji Scott, a technician who helps Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt on his numerous adventures. He’ll reprise the role in the eighth and possibly last film, The Final Reckoning.