Mission Impossible actor Simon Pegg reveals he hid his alcoholism from co-stars

Mission Impossible actor Simon Pegg recently talked about his struggle with alcoholism. actor revealed he was battling alcohol diction while filming for Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise. He said he h to become “sneaky” to hide it from his co-stars and film crew. 

In an interview with BBC Rio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Pegg said, “You become very sneaky when you have something like that in your life. You learn how to do it without anyone noticing because it takes over. It wants to sustain itself and it will do everything it can to not be stopped. But eventually it just gets to a point when it can’t be hidden, and that’s when, thankfully, I was able to pull out of dive.”

Pegg experienced a period of teenage depression that marked beginning of his mental health issues after his A-level exams and before enrolling at University of Bristol. While filming Mission: Impossible III in 2006, Pegg's profoundly depressed mood unexpectedly returned. Pegg mits turning to drinks to dull his mental suffering. His daughter Matilda's birth in 2009, me him realise his dependency and necessity of seeking treatment.

Pegg on his friendship with Tom Cruise 

Pegg also discussed his friendship with his Mission: Impossible co-star Tom Cruise. Prior to fifth installment of franchise, two h worked in four previous films toger. However, Pegg claims he avoids discussing Cruise's membership in Church of Scientology because he feels it would "abuse my privileged access that I get to him."

53-year-old described his relationship with Cruise as “amiable”. He stated how meeting actual person than mythology you’ve built around m is two very different things. Cruise is a star and he enjoys fame. It energises and spurs him. 

On work front, Simon Pegg's was last seen in Vaughn Stein’s Inheritance, which was released in 2020. movie starred Lily Collins in le role. Following this, he was casted as voice actor in films like Sparks Brors, America: Motion Picture, Ice Age ventures of Buck Wild and Luck.