Simon Pegg feared Tom Cruise would die on the set of ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’.
The 48-year-old actor – who stars alongside Tom in the money-spinning film franchise – has revealed that he and Rebecca Ferguson feared for Tom’s safety as they watched him shoot one particularly dramatic scene.
Speaking to Collider, he recalled: "It was just an extraordinary experience from top to bottom.
"You know, from being on set the day when Tom did the sequence … he fell from the helicopter onto the cargo bag, spoiler alert! Rebecca and I were on the ground watching it and no one told us that was what was going to happen – as far as we knew, he was climbing up the rope.
"So, Rebecca and I were watching that going, ‘I don’t know why he does that … Oh, my God! it looks like we’re going home early today.’"
Meanwhile, another of Tom’s co-stars, Henry Cavill, recently admitted to being "impressed" by the Hollywood star’s daredevil attitude.
The 35-year-old actor revealed just how much he relished the experience of working with Tom.
He explained: "All the usual stuff you hear about Tom, charming, professional, always on time, kind. That’s all by-the-by.
"When I met him, I was like, ‘Okay, good, this is all true’. What got me was that I’m not easily impressed by people, I’m just not. But Tom impressed me.
"He’s stunt flying a helicopter in the mountains, all while acting to cameras and all for the audiences’ sake. I was watching him doing this, and I thought, ‘You know what, you just made my impressive list, you’re a badass.’"
Simon Pegg feared Tom Cruise would die making Mission: Impossible – Fallout
