Tom Cruise had to learn to do own hair and makeup for new Mission: Impossible movie filmed during pandemic

From doing his own stunts to his own hair and makeup – is there anything that Tom Cruise can’t do?
Tom Cruise had to get to grips with how to do his own hair and makeup for latest Mission: Impossible film
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Tina Campbell5 July 2023
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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.

Tom Cruise’s co-star Hayley Atwell revealed the lengths he went to, in order to keep the film on schedule during the pandemic
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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.

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