“You don’t have scripts and have no idea where it’s going to go,” she told The Times. “You train for a stunt scene for months and all of a sudden they cut it.”
The Swedish actor revealed that the unpredictable nature of production often left cast and crew scrambling to keep up – and Cruise’s relentless energy added another layer of madness to the mix.
“[Cruise is] a man-child in a good way,” Ferguson said. “I often joke that there’s someone with a tranquilliser gun and a net looking for him.”
She recalled one particularly chaotic shoot, saying: “It’s frustrating because you’re ready to shoot and the sun’s going down. Tom goes, ‘what are we waiting for?’ and I go, ‘you!’, and he laughs and goes, ‘f**k, I’m sorry’.”
Despite the rollercoaster conditions, Ferguson has never denied Cruise’s magnetism on set – describing how his enthusiasm often kept spirits high, even when things were falling apart around them.
Ferguson filmed ‘Mission: Impossible’ alongside Cruise from 2015 until 2025
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