Tom Cruise Told His THE MUMMY Co-Star That No One Was Allowed To Run Alongside Him On Screen

It's no secret that Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise is a pretty unique dude, but his The Mummy co-star Annabelle Wallis has now revealed that no one is allowed to run alongside him on screen...

By JoshWilding - Aug 14, 2020 01:08 AM EST

Filed Under: Mummy

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, The Mummy star Annabelle Wallis reveals that a conversation with Tom Cruise led to her learning that no one is allowed to run on screen with him.

Cruise's habit of running in movies has become something of a, well, running joke online, and it took a lot of convincing to get him to change his rule about being alone when he breaks into a sprint.

"He’s on a different level, and, you know, I ticked a box. I got to run on-screen with him, but he told me no at first. He said, 'Nobody runs on-screen [with me],' and I said, 'But I’m a really good runner.'"

This obviously leaves us with a lot of questions. Could it be that Cruise simply has a ridiculously high criteria because he runs better than anyone? It certainly sounds that way based on what Wallis said next about this exchange.

"So, I would time my treadmill so that he’d walk in and see me run," she continued. "And then he added all these running scenes. So, that was it. It was, like, better than an Oscar. I was so happy! (Laughs.) I was so happy that I got to run on-screen with Tom Cruise. But I don’t think it ever goes away and I hope it never does."

Despite Cruise breaking this rule of his, it didn't make much of a difference to The Mummy because the movie ended up being a critical and commercial flop, and was part of the reason Universal Pictures scrapped plans for "Dark Universe" of interconnected monster movies.

On the plus side, it did feature lots of running!

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dracula - 8/14/2020, 2:04 AM

So sad, that there is so little news right now, that Tom Cruise's running skills have moved from jokes in a comment section to an actual article.

JonC - 8/14/2020, 9:56 AM

@dracula - i would imagine its pretty hard to hide how short he is when running alongside someone... much easier when still and using platform shoes and other tricks...

Tensorpants - 8/14/2020, 10:41 AM

@dracula - agreed, what a stupid article

THEKENDOMAN - 8/15/2020, 1:00 PM

@dracula - 😂😂😂, come on man it's Uncle Tom, no one should mess with his running skills😂😂😂

dracula - 8/15/2020, 1:04 PM

@THEKENDOMAN - maybe he should play Reverse Flash, he wont need special effect and could probably outrun miller

THEKENDOMAN - 8/15/2020, 1:30 PM

@dracula - lololol

THEKENDOMAN - 8/15/2020, 1:34 PM

@dracula - But you know what, the more i read this, the more stupid the article does sound lol

connorblaze - 8/14/2020, 2:07 AM

Tom Cruise is such a mystery to me. I don’t particularly like him as an actor, though he seems like a really nice, if manic, dude in real life. I would never see a film because he starred in it though. And yet he usually picks really [frick]ing good movies to star in that are so good I can’t help but see them, enjoy them and add them to my collection. Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion, the last three Mission Impossible films, are all ridiculously entertaining.

The Mummy was the most shitty bland pointless cash grab ever though. No creativity involved in that film whatsoever.

tmp3 - 8/14/2020, 4:12 AM

@connorblaze - Have you seen Collateral or Magnolia? I know he does a lot of action man stuff nowadays, but he’s a great dramatic actor when he wants to be

dracula - 8/14/2020, 2:11 AM

Well this is one movie Tom’s running couldnt save, in fact if the behind the scenes stuff really did happen, then he is responsible for killing it

Se4M4NSt4ine - 8/14/2020, 2:45 AM

@dracula - what happened behind the scenes? I love a good crazy Cruise story

dracula - 8/14/2020, 2:57 AM

@Se4M4NSt4ine - supposedly he was a real dick, undermining the director and demanding changes, pretty much took control of it from the guy. It was the guys first time directing so not like he could say much

tmp3 - 8/14/2020, 4:09 AM

@dracula - Under-mining Alex Kurtzman fees like a plus in my book. One of the absolute worst writers in Hollywood, by far.

L0RDbuckethead - 8/14/2020, 2:57 AM

BillyBatson1000 - 8/14/2020, 3:19 AM

@L0RDbuckethead - That's oddly relaxing. Watching Tom run. It's like an audition tape for The Flash.

dracula - 8/14/2020, 12:27 PM

@BillyBatson1000 - Fire Miller and cast Tom, would save money on effects and slow motion, Tom doesnt need it

BillyBatson1000 - 8/14/2020, 3:15 PM

@dracula - This would work. ( + any solution that fires Miller)

BillyBatson1000 - 8/14/2020, 3:18 AM

Yeah, I thought Josh would have went with:

"Mission: Impossible 7 filming being halted over a motorbike stunt that went wrong in England - bike burst into flames - £2m set damaged".

But no, Tom's running etiquette wins out.

"Must not run with Tom. Check. Must not look at Tom. Check. Do not mention Tom's family. Check.

Repian - 8/14/2020, 3:35 AM

A horror movie is necessary. Mysterious murders in the Egyptian Museum or something similar. Less adventure and action, and return to the origins of the character.

99OPTIMISTPRIME - 8/14/2020, 3:48 AM

tmp3 - 8/14/2020, 4:11 AM

This is the biggest dud Cruise has ever done by far. He did Mission Impossible Fallout right afterwards, which is one of the best action films of the last decade, which feels like some pretty serious whiplash from The Mummy lol

GhostDog - 8/14/2020, 4:51 AM

Weirdo

Ha1frican - 8/14/2020, 5:44 AM

I don’t think they are saying no one can just that typically no one does

Demigods - 8/14/2020, 5:56 AM

It's ashamed that Mummy sucked so much. I was invested for the first 15-30 minutes or so too.
But I was really looking forward to the new dark universe.

TheManWithoutFear - 8/14/2020, 6:11 AM

So he was just joking? This article is insane.

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Tom Cruise Told His THE MUMMY Co-Star That No One Was Allowed To Run Alongside Him On Screen

It's no secret that Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise is a pretty unique dude, but his The Mummy co-star Annabelle Wallis has now revealed that no one is allowed to run alongside him on screen...

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