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Thandie Newton discusses her on-screen kiss with Co-star Tom Cruise

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Thandie Newton discusses her on-screen kiss with Co-star Tom Cruise

  • Thandie Newton describes what it was like to share a kiss with Tom Cruise. 
  • The actress says kissing Cruise is technically challenging because you’re thinking about whether or not you’re squashing him.
  • Tom Cruise is now enjoying the success of his latest film.

Tom Cruise may be a Hollywood heartthrob, but his Mission Impossible 2 co-star Thandie Newton was reportedly unable to impress him with their kiss. The actor’s most recent film was Top Gun: Maverick, which was a box office success. Within two weeks of its debut, it had surpassed the half-billion-dollar threshold.

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Despite the release of Chris Pratt’s Jurassic World Dominion, the film has generated $608 million worldwide and shows no signs of slowing down. It’s difficult to think the actor will be 60 years old shortly after witnessing all of his death-defying feats.

Returning to the subject, Cruise’s Mission Impossible co-actress Thandie Newton described what it was like to kiss a celebrity. According to Elle, Newton despised their on-screen kiss and even referred to it as “icky.”  she admitted.
However, the Mission: Impossible star clarified that it wasn’t because Tom Cruise is a lousy kisser, but rather because sharing a kiss while filming a scene is technically challenging. “It’s so clinical,” Thandie Newton observed, ” you’re thinking more about whether or not you’re squashing him than kissing him,” Thandie Newton said.

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Meanwhile, Tom Cruise is now enjoying the success of his latest film. He, on the other hand, will not be taking a long vacation because he is now working on Mission Impossible 7 and 8, which will be released in 2023 and 2024, respectively.