You be me.’”Īnd so, the two filmed the entire scene in one another’s roles. Let’s just rehearse on-camera.’ So we rehearsed and they recorded it, and then he goes, ‘I’ll be you. “And he gets so frustrated with having to try and explain that he goes, ‘Let me just-let’s just go do it. “So this scene was happening, and Tom was not happy with what I was doing because I had the shittiest lines,” Newton recalled. Director John Woo was downstairs watching them perform from a monitor. And I think he has this sense that only he can do everything as best as it can be done.”įor example? At one point, she said, the two were shooting a night scene with Cruise on a balcony, in which their characters were supposed to be frustrated with one another. “I was curious, because it’s like, Wow, if going to attract people, powerful, high-profile people, there’s got to be some glue that sticks this shit together. Didn’t find any.”īut Newton’s bizarre on-set experiences did not stop with bizarre, pseudo-religiously-themed swag. Among the Scientology swag he liked to hand out? “Like a book with the greatest hits of Scientology, a bit like a Bible kind of thing,” Newton recalled. He was “very generous and open about sharing Scientological stuff,” she said. In a broad, juicy interview with Vulture, Thandie Newton shared, among many other things, her experience working with Cruise on Mission: Impossible 2. Mission Impossible 2 went on to become one of the highest grossers in the franchise.Who would have guessed that Tom Cruise can be a little strange, even intimidating, to work with? But did you have Scientology-themed Christmas gifts on your weirdo bingo card? It’s so clinical, you’re thinking more about whether or not you’re squashing him than kissing him.” Thandie Newton and Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 2ĭespite being thrown out of her comfort zone while kissing Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton’s on-screen chemistry with her co-star was lauded by audiences and critics alike. “Well, to take away the mystery and magic of what you see in the movie: you’re lying there, you’ve got 30 people around you, prodding all bits of you to make sure that certain things aren’t being seen and others look good. Describing their kiss as slightly icky and sort of wet,” Newton went on to burst the bubble surrounding intimate sequences in films. The star though confessed that while she enjoyed being part of the action, the intimate scenes with her co-star Cruise were anything but smooth. While the franchise was all about giving Cruise the space to shine as an action star, Newton’s role in the film also gave her prominence as one of Hollywood’s go-to leading ladies. Thandie Newton has worked in her fare share of commercial blockbusters including sharing screen space with industry superstar Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 2. The star was nevertheless appreciative of the La Isla Bonita singer for her help.Īlso Read: “I had to be gorgeous all the time, a real Barbie role”: Thandie Newton Did Not Like the Pressure to Look Good in Tom Cruise’s $549 Million Action Movie Kissing Experience With Tom Cruise Was Overrated, Said Thandie Newton The effort made things even worse for Butler who then managed to work around his sickness to put his best foot forward. I don’t know how he coped with those problems but it ended up being one of the most brilliant scenes.” Thandie Newton and Gerard Butler in RocknRollaĪn interesting titbit during the filming involved Guy Ritche’s then iconic pop star wife Madonna stepping in to treat Gerard Butler for his ailment by hilariously giving him an injection in his butt. Speaking of her trepidation to kiss her ill co-star and what ensued after, Thandie Newton said, But the experience of shooting intimate scenes with Butler proved to be a very difficult proposition for Newton owing to the 300 star falling very sick with a terrible cold on set. The film made headlines mainly for the casting of two good looking stars who were expected to share a sizzling chemistry together. In 2008, Thandie Newton and Gerard Butler starred together in Guy Ritche’s RocknRolla. Also Read: “I was so scared of Tom”: Thandie Newton Revealed Tom Cruise’s Perfectionism Made Him a Nightmare in $546M Movie, is Glad $3.5B Franchise Didn’t Call Her Back Thandie Newton Was Reluctant to Kiss Gerard Butler On Set
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