Followers of Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham have been caught off guard this week when she popped up unexpectedly within the newly launched trailer for Mission: Unimaginable – The Ultimate Reckoning. The trailer teases the ultimate chapter of the long-running motion franchise, set to hit theatres in Could 2025 — and Waddingham’s blink-and-you-miss-it look sparked fast buzz.
Whereas most viewers had no concept she was within the movie, Waddingham had hinted on the collaboration in December 2023 throughout a Christmas Day look on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
After spending “5 intense days” with Tom Cruise on the USS George HW Bush, Waddingham instructed Martin, “I’ve to say, I’ve an actual drawback with anyone that goes at him now.”
“He’s doubtless one of many loveliest and inspiring, optimistic and provoking human beings I’ve ever met. Isn’t he attractive? I’ve no time for anybody saying something about him.” And with this, her feedback have resurfaced.
Golden Globes joke revives debate over Cruise and scientology
Although Cruise is undeniably one in all Hollywood’s greatest stars, with iconic roles in Minority Report, Jerry Maguire, and High Gun: Maverick, he’s additionally been a lightning rod for off-screen controversy.
From his headline-making Oprah look in 2005 — the place he famously jumped on a sofa declaring his love for then-girlfriend Katie Holmes — to his heated alternate with Matt Lauer over psychiatry, Cruise’s private life has usually overshadowed his on-screen accomplishments.
A lot of the scrutiny has stemmed from Cruise’s involvement with the Church of Scientology.
A leaked video in 2008 confirmed Cruise talking passionately in regards to the faith. The subject was introduced into the highlight once more on the Golden Globes in January 2023, when host Jerrod Carmichael made a pointed joke: “Backstage, I discovered these three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returned… I believe possibly we take these three issues and alternate them for the protected return of Shelly Miscavige.”
The Church of Scientology rapidly denied the implications; in truth, in 2014, the LAPD said that officers had made contact with Shelly Miscavige, the spouse of Scientology chief David Miscavige, and closed the lacking individuals case. Legal professionals for the Church reiterated in 2018 that “Mrs Miscavige just isn’t lacking” and slammed the claims as “appalling.”
