“We definitely had to ask him,” the screenwriter said.
“I mean, we asked him through his people.
I’m lucky enough to know Tom a bit.
Tom Cruise, Melissa McCarthy in ‘Genie’.Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images; Everett Collection
He’s always been very sweet to me.
And we worked on a film for a while, which didn’t happen.”
Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images; Everett Collection
Ooh, hes fast.
Hes very, very fast, she says, during a sequence where Cruise leaps between London rooftops.
Dont do the jumping!
No, no, no.
This mission is impossible!
Its in the title!
Curtis added that hes happy to have finally made a project involving Cruise.
But it means that after all these years, I’ve at last made a Tom Cruise movie."
He was going to look at it and see thatMission: ImpossiblestarredJared Letoinstead of Tom Cruise.
That one didnt get through.
Genieis now streaming on Peacock.
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