Tom Cruise surprised NHS staff to thank them for working through the coronavirus pandemic.
The film’s star, 58, is thought to have secretly visited the ExCel Center in East London last Thursday to ‘pay personal homage to frontline health workers’.
It comes after Mission Impossible 7 finally folded after a series of delays and claims included the star running at a team for breaking social distance rules on set.
Kind gesture: Tom Cruise surprised NHS staff at the ExCel Center in east London to thank them for working through the coronavirus pandemic (pictured in 2018)
A source told The Sun: ‘He told his team he wanted to pay his personal homage to frontline health workers who helped get films back on track.
‘They were very surprised to see such a big movie star. Tom wanted to keep it a secret and make sure it was a good surprise for them.
‘The world had heard his rant at a team on set and that proved the importance of catching the pandemic.’
MailOnline has chat representatives for Tom Cruise and the ExCel Center for further comment.
Real note: The actor, 58, has recently folded his own film Mission Impossible 7 after a series of delays and claims he ran at a team when they broke social speed rules on set ( filmed in Rome in October)
The ExCel Center is now a major vaccination center with another part of the site used for the NHS Nightingale Hospital new patient rehabilitation facility.
Speaking in January, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: ‘I want to thank our wonderful NHS staff who have transformed the Excel center into a major vaccine center. a new scale, as well as preparing the NHS Nightingale Hospital to open as a new patient rehabilitation facility in another part of the center.
‘This will be important in freeing up much-needed beds across London’s hospitals, while accelerating the spread of the vaccine.’
Cruise’s journey comes after filming Mission: Impossible 7 folded after a marathon world record shattered by COVID-19 epidemic.
Nice Gesture: A source said Tom ‘wanted to pay his personal homage to frontline health workers who helped get movies back on track’ (photo filmed in Venice in October)
Filming was on Mission: It was impossible to start 7 in Italy in February 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed it until July 2020.
Filming began in the UK, they moved to Norway and then back to Italy where it was stopped again after 12 crew members tested positive for the coronavirus.
The film was also hit with allegations that five members of the team ‘stopped’ after Cruise ‘launched to a second rant’ following his complaint about employees violating COVID rules.
Cruise is said to have disguised staff after he was caught violating Warner Bros.’s UK COVID-19 rules. Studios in Leavesden.
A source claimed after news of the outing was publicly revealed that the already ‘tight’ production has had ‘more anger’.
It was previously reported that the star intimidated employees who imposed rules about social speed while filming at Warner Bros. Studios.
Cover: Mission: Impossible-7 was hit by a series of delays filmed in the midst of the pandemic (Tom Cruise can be seen filming with co-star Hayley Atwell in Rome in October)
Featuring the relentless look of his character, Ethan Hunt, the actor is said to have told them: ‘If I see you do it again, you’re f *** ing gone’.
The paper said that the down decoration was recorded on audio tape, in which it can be heard adding: ‘And if anyone in this team does it, that’s it – and you and you too.
‘And you, that you will never do it again. We’re not shutting this f *** ing movie down. ‘
The American actor was furious after seeing the pair standing less than a meter apart at a computer screen.
MailOnline chat reps for Tom Cruise at the time.
Last month, director Christopher McQuarrie posted on Instagram that the production on Mission Impossible had finally ended in Abu Dhabi and he was making it ‘back to London for a few finishing touches.’
The delay due to the pandemic, however, meant Star Cruise’s plan would have to go straight into filming an eighth film to be sheltered, Deadline.com said.
M: I-7 is slated for release on November 19th. But before that, Cruise has another big opening – its sequel to Top Gun.
Top Gun: Maverick opens in theaters on July 2 and will need a cruise to promote the film worldwide.
That means he can’t start making the eighth film in the Mission: Impossible franchise immediately as he was told.
The eighth film was listed by Paramount for release on November 4, 2022 but it looks like that date needs to be pushed back now.
Concluding remarks: McQuarrie posted a stunning photo and said that it was filmed after he had spent time in Abu Dhabi and was heading to London to add a few ‘finishing touches’. ‘project