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Tom Cruise gives large sums of money to film crews during Hollywood strike

Tom Cruise reportedly wanted to help his regular collaborators on the Mission: Impossible movies.Photo/Getty Images

Tom Cruise has reportedly found an unemployed film crew a new job filming a music video for 1980s pop star Rick Astley.

of top gun: maverick The 61-year-old star asked his regular collaborators to do the work because he didn’t want them to lose money amid the ongoing strike that has brought Hollywood to a standstill and halted production on his latest films. It is said that Mission Impossible movie.

A film industry official said. Sun That Tom was asking for his favor. Me: Me co-star Simon Pegg, 53, who is directing the video for i’ll never give up on you Singer Astley’s song forever and more.

The official added: “Tom has worked with a lot of people.” [the crew] Having appeared in many films, he was loyal and wanted to help in difficult times.

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“As a result of discussions with Simon, [Rick Astley’s] Label, he got everyone across to work on the video.

“Rick is happy with that because they have high standards and can produce great things.”

Sun It added that Astley’s video was shot at a “secret location” in the UK on Monday.

The film’s bosses are said to have been aiming for a release. Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 2 It was scheduled for mid-2024, but filming was halted due to the Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strike.

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Sun reported that most of the film was shot before the strike, but the biggest action scenes had not yet been filmed.

Experts say that although the dispute between the writers was resolved in September, negotiations broke down on October 11, so the actors’ strike could last until the end of the year.

Pegged on October 13th. Me: Me The film crew helped Astley direct his new music video by sharing photos of him and the 57-year-old singer on set.

Astley is enjoying a career resurgence after becoming one of this year’s Glastonbury hits with a self-deprecating solo show on the Pyramid Stage and an afternoon set of Smiths covers with indie band Blossoms. I witnessed it.

his ninth studio album Are you still there? is scheduled to be released in November.

Astley told BBC Breakfast on October 16 that he teamed up with Pegg to film a new music video after “sharing some love” at the festival.

Furthermore, he added: “He jumped on board right away and came up with a great script and overall concept and idea. We had a great few days of filming.

“We went from iPhone to Hollywood. It’s a crazy jump.”