Annabelle Wallis was devastated after Tom Cruise removed their kissing scene in The Mummy.
Tom Cruise has been paired with many talented actresses in Hollywood, and one in particular felt heartbroken after the actor refused to lock lips with her on camera in 2017’s The Mummy. Annabelle Wallis, also known as Grace Burgess in BBC’s Peaky Blinders, costarred alongside Cruise as Jenny Halsey.
The actress has profusely talked about how she loved working with him despite many of his on-set demands. For her, it was a dream come true to be able to run beside one of the industry’s legendary action stars.
Tom Cruise Wiped Out Kissing Scene With Annabelle Wallis In The Mummy
During her interview with Conan on TBS, actress Annabelle Wallis confessed she was devastated after Tom Cruise decided not to kiss her on the set of The Mummy when it was written in the script.
It was a very sad day for Annabelle. Again, there was another amorous moment, a little kissing scene. And I got to set and was like, ‘This is an amazing moment.’ I would tell all my friends, my children, about this kissing scene with Tom Cruise.
Annabelle Wallis and Tom Cruise in The Mummy / Universal Pictures
She would arrive on the set and feel pumped for her intimate scene with Cruise only to be disappointed when the actor hesitated. Wallis said, “He goes, ‘Yeah about that. [Director] Alex [Kurtzman], can we have a chat? I’m not feeling that. I’m not feeling the kissing scene.’ ”
Wallis’ dream to kiss Cruise immediately shattered the moment he wiped out that scene from the script. She exclaimed, “He talked himself out of kissing me in front of 900 people. Can you imagine what I felt like? Not good.”
The actress went on to explain that the actor was not really in the mood to smooch with his costar that day. The movie received disappointing reviews, but no one was more inconsolable than Wallis.
Cruise has a lot of creative control over his films, and this is proof that he can opt out of a scene that he doesn’t like to do.
Annabelle Wallis Was So Happy To Work With Tom Cruise
Annabelle Wallis in The Mummy / Universal Pictures
Despite her crushed dreams, Wallis felt over the moon working with Cruise. She even worked her way to make the actor approve of her running beside him. She shared in a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter that nobody runs with the actor on-screen.
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.’ So, I would time my treadmill so that he’d walk in and see me run.
She didn’t get the kiss she wanted, but she got the running scenes on the final cut, and for Wallis, that was much better than getting an Oscar. “I was so happy that I got to run on-screen with Tom Cruise,” she quipped.
While The Mummy earned $409 million in global ticket sales against a budget of $125 million, it received negative reviews from fans and critics and a disappointing 15% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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