Summary
- Michelle Monaghan prioritized her career over her honeymoon by canceling her plans to film Mission: Impossible III.
- Despite the awkwardness of kissing Tom Cruise on set, Michelle's husband was supportive and excited for her opportunity to work with a big actor.
- Michelle's husband's reaction to her on-screen romance was sweet and showed his support for her career.
Michelle Monaghan recently reflected on having to kiss Tom Cruise while filming Mission: Impossible III. While many actors may consider the chance to star as Cruise’s romantic leads a huge opportunity, Michelle mostly remembers how awkward it could be, given that she’d just gotten married and Tom was about to wed Katie Holmes.
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Michelle Skipped Her Honeymoon To Film With Cruise
During an interview with Collider, Monaghan was asked which of her roles has made her most nervous to film, and she named the action franchise given the timing.
"Mission: Impossible III, for sure. For sure," she explained. "It was J.J. Abrams. It was just such a big film."
Monaghan walked down the aisle to Peter White in 2005, who she’s still married to – shortly before filming for Mission: Impossible III began. Due to a last-minute scheduling change, the couple had to cancel their honeymoon plans to accommodate filming for the movie.
Monaghan acknowledged how important the role was going to be for her career, so there was no alternative when filming forced her to cut her honeymoon short. But she admits it felt weird to e locking lips with Cruise on set when she was supposed to be vacationing with her new husband.
"I remember going to work, and Tom and I had kind of an intimate scene, and of course that was the first scene," Michelle continued.
Michelle Says Her Husband Was Excited She Worked With Cruise
Luckily, the actress says her husband was supportive and didn’t have a problem when Michelle came how giddy about how cool it had been to work with such a huge actor.
"[He] was like, 'Don't worry, you're gonna follow his lead. You're gonna have a great time. It's going to be wonderful,’” she explained.
When she returned to her hotel after her first day of filming, Michelle says she gushed about Tom to her husband. "I was like, 'Oh my God, it was amazing. He was so nice. It was great,” she recalled. "And [my husband] goes, 'How cool is it that you were making out with Tom Cruise on our honeymoon?' Because we're just such fans."
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To this day, Michelle is proud of her husband’s reaction to the situation, calling it “sweet.” "[It’s a] testament to the man that I married, who has just been totally supportive and is excited and jazzed for the opportunities,” she went on.
Michelle wasn’t the only one spoken for during the filming of Mission: Impossible III. Tom would go on to marry Katie Holmes in 2006. But the couple were first romantically linked the year prior, so Katie and Tom may have been an item when he was filming with Monaghan.
Cruise is currently working on Mission: Impossible 8, though its release date was briefly pushed back following the writers’ strike. It’s still expected to hit theatres sometime next year.
