Tom Cruise was on top of the world in London Sunday night — or at least on top of the BFI Imax cinema.
The Oscar-nominated actor was spotted on the roof of the theater, which currently bears a huge advertisement for his latest spy franchise installment “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” after participating in a wide-ranging discussion about his career at the BFI. Cruise is in London to receive the prestigious BFI Fellowship, which will be presented to him at a dinner on Monday night, and then will head to Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of “The Final Reckoning.”
It’s not clear exactly how Cruise got on the roof of the theater, but footage emerged of him standing on top of it on social media Sunday night. Discussing Film reposted a video from X user @tsureil, showing Cruise in a suit looking over London, and the post then went viral. After his talk at the BFI, Cruise was present at the BFI Imax for a screening of “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” which he introduced to the audience.
In his BFI discussion, Cruise reflected on the success of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise and his collaboration with writer and director Christopher McQuarrie, who was in the crowd. He recounted how they first worked together on “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” when Cruise called McQuarrie in during production to help rewrite the script. Cruise said that within minutes of arriving on set, McQuarrie came up with the film’s iconic “blue is glue, red is dead” line.
“I go, ‘McQ, I need help with this scene. I’m trying to figure out the gloves.’ He goes, ‘OK, well how’s it work?’ I said, ‘Well, red light means it won’t stick anymore and blue means it sticks and I can go up the wall and climb the whole thing,’” Cruise said. “Without even a breath, he goes, ‘Oh. Blue is glue, red is dead!’ And he proceeded to write the rest of the scene. Simon [Pegg] was like, ‘Who is that guy?!’ I said, ‘Oh yeah, that’s McQ. He’s going to write the rest of the movie.’”
“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” will premiere at Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.
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