Ricky Gervais is the latest star to come out in support of Tom Cruise after the actor was recorded yelling at crew members on the set of “Mission: Impossible 7” for violating COVID safety rules.
Gervais was a guest on SiriusXM’s “Jim Norton and Sam Roberts” radio show and spoke about his own experience with tense on-set moments and why he understands where Cruise was coming from.
RELATED: Ricky Gervais Responds To That Tom Hanks Golden Globes Meme: ‘I Could Say Worse Things About Them’ “There’s gotta be discipline,” Gervais said about enforcing COVID-19 rules on set. “It’s not trivial when the shoot can be closed down.” “Imagine the pressure on that man,” Gervais said. “It’s like, forget the pandemic.