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Tom Cruise’s THIS co-star has a selected downside with ‘anyone that goes at him’ as years-old remark resurfaces | Hollywood
Followers of Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham had been caught off guard this week when she popped up unexpectedly within the newly launched trailer for Mission: Unimaginable – The Ultimate Reckoning. The trailer teases the ultimate chapter of the long-running motion franchise, set to hit theatres in Could 2025 — and Waddingham’s blink-and-you-miss-it look sparked speedy buzz.
Whereas most viewers had no concept she was within the movie, Waddingham had hinted on the collaboration in December 2023 throughout a Christmas Day look on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
After spending “5 intense days” with Tom Cruise on the USS George HW Bush, Waddingham advised Martin, “I’ve to say, I’ve an actual downside with anyone that goes at him now.”
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“He’s doubtless one of many loveliest and inspiring, optimistic and provoking human beings I’ve ever met. Isn’t he attractive? I’ve no time for anybody saying something about him.” And with this, her feedback have resurfaced.
Golden Globes joke revives debate over Cruise and scientology
Although Cruise is undeniably one in every of Hollywood’s greatest stars, with iconic roles in Minority Report, Jerry Maguire, and Prime Gun: Maverick, he’s additionally been a lightning rod for off-screen controversy.
From his headline-making Oprah look in 2005 — the place he famously jumped on a sofa declaring his love for then-girlfriend Katie Holmes — to his heated trade with Matt Lauer over psychiatry, Cruise’s private life has typically overshadowed his on-screen accomplishments.
A lot of the scrutiny has stemmed from Cruise’s involvement with the Church of Scientology.
A leaked video in 2008 confirmed Cruise talking passionately in regards to the faith. The subject was introduced into the highlight once more on the Golden Globes in January 2023, when host Jerrod Carmichael made a pointed joke: “Backstage, I discovered these three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returned… I believe perhaps we take these three issues and trade them for the protected return of Shelly Miscavige.”
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The Church of Scientology rapidly denied the implications; the truth is, in 2014, the LAPD said that officers had made contact with Shelly Miscavige, the spouse of Scientology chief David Miscavige, and closed the lacking individuals case. Attorneys for the Church reiterated in 2018 that “Mrs Miscavige isn’t lacking” and slammed the claims as “appalling.”
