Hayley Atwell Interview: Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning and Tom Cruise
93Hayley Atwell is as far as you'll find from a femme fatale as she jumps aboard the steam train that is Hollywood's finest action franchise — and she couldn't be happier about being part of things while working alongside the hardest-working man in show business. Speaking with Collider's Steve Weintraub at the premiere of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One in Rome, Italy, Atwell extolled the virtues of working with the man she considers the most famous on the planet — and gave an eye-opening, glowing appraisal of her time working alongside a man who everyone might believe they know, but don't.
Sometimes it must be difficult to separate the actor, the star, the stuntman, and the human being, but for Atwell, they all blended into one: Tom Cruise, the man who wants to thrill audiences. Praising Cruise's legendary professionalism and commitment to going the extra mile just to give people that moment of pure escapism in their lives - and he loves that people choose him to be the person to deliver that moment for them.
Atwell Says Cruise "Makes People Feel Seen"
"I think one of the reasons why he's the most famous person on the planet is that he is at the top of his game and has been for so long because he's so committed to making movies for the audience," said Atwell. "He knows that you guys are coming to see the movies he's making, and he's making them for you, so that connection that he has."
She continued, saying: "When we were filming even these stunts in Rome in a car, he would get out in between takes and set-ups and go and say hi to everyone. He takes such enjoyment from meeting people that come and see his films because it's a relationship, it's a dialogue. It's really humbling to see. I think that's why people love him. That charisma, he makes people feel seen."
Cruise made headlines during the making of Dead Reckoning with what was perhaps hoped to be some sort of hit piece as he was captured in audio form ranting about maintaining professional standards during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In actual fact, what the audio proved was that this is a man who, in his professional life, is one of the most protective employers in Hollywood, who will make sure every box is ticked to get the finished product to the fans, and ensuring everyone participating in the project is taken care of. Atwell explained:
"Working with him, you're meeting every day someone who turns up on set on time knowing everyone's name, saying hello to everyone, looking them in the eye, seeing what everyone needs to make sure that they can thrive that day, and you feel his level of professionalism and commitment is contagious. He is always pushing himself. He never settles. That's why he is the way he is, and he wears his fame with such an ease and such a lightness of touch, and such an open-heartedness. He's a pure soul, Tom. I think he's just a really special human being."
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