It has been revealed that Tom Cruise had to learn how to do his own hair and makeup for the latest Mission: Impossible film.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One marks the Hollywood actor’s seventh outing as Ethan Hunt in the hit big-screen franchise which is an adaptation of the ’60s and ’70s espionage TV series.
Filmed at the height of the Covid pandemic, a lot of health and safety restrictions were in place, one of which saw him have to master how to do his own hair and makeup.
Speaking at the Sydney premiere of the highly anticipated action flick, Cruise’s co-star Hayley Atwell said: “There was, at one point, I think that he was doing his own hair and makeup because we were in the middle of the pandemic.”
“He was moving massive props, just trying to help out to save time,” she added.
Cruise then went on to share that he once teased the hair and makeup department via Zoom about cutting his own hair. “I took the scissors out because I was going to cut my hair,” the actor said.
“[The hairdresser] said, ‘Stop, stop, stop!’
“I said, ‘Look, there’s this little part right here.’ I started cutting my hair... She was having a heart attack,” Cruise recalled.
The Oscar winner confirmed that he was just having “a bit of fun” and was only “trying to make everyone laugh” on set.
The action-packed thriller will be released nationwide in UK cinemas on July 12, 2023 with Part Two of the movie slated for release in 2024.
