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Scarlett O'Toole

Tom Cruise says Mission Impossible release is a 'beautiful moment' after filming issues

Tom Cruise has thanked the cast and crew of his latest Mission Impossible movie for managing to overcome a series of filming nightmares.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which is the seventh film in the hit franchise, was forced to halt production as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the globe.

Production then switched from Warner Bros Studios to Longcross Film Studios, where movies were allowed to continue shooting under strict protocols.

While Mission Impossible was the first major film to get back up and running following the pandemic, it was still surrounded by issues.

An audio recording of Tom went viral in 2020 as he was heard screaming at crew members for apparent breaches of social distancing rules.

Tom Cruise thanked the crew who worked on the film (Getty Images for Paramount Pictu)
He said the film's release is a 'beautiful moment' (Getty Images for Paramount Pictu)

However, the 60-year-old actor seems to have put all of that behind him as he said the film's release was "a beautiful moment" to share with his co-stars and film crew.

The Hollywood star launched Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One at the film's London premiere on Thursday night.

Speaking at the event he said: "I don't take anything for granted when making these films, especially with that time period, I'm just very proud of what we all did together."

Tom was joined on the red carpet by his co-stars Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson and Vanessa Kirby.

Tom stars in the Mission Impossible movies (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images f)

At the premiere, he gushed over his fellow actors.

Speaking to Sky News, Tom said: "You know, when you look at the film and see what we accomplished together, it meant even more. I'm proud of everyone with what they did to get through that."

In the first trailer for the new film, which is out next month, Tom's character, Ethan Hunt, could be seen in some action-packed scenes.

The trailer showed Tom speeding off the edge of a cliff while riding a motorbike, before heading into the middle of a knife fight on the top of a train.

Another snippet then saw the train that Ethan was stood atop nosediving into the water below as it fell from a bridge.

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