Simon Pegg reveals he hid alcoholism throughout Mission: Impossible III filming – ‘you turn out to be very sneaky’

Actor Simon Pegg has revealed he hid his alcohol dependancy from his Mission: Impossible co-stars throughout filming.

Pegg, 52, began affected by melancholy once more in 2006 whereas capturing Mission: Impossible III, having first battled it as a youngster.

He advised BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs how he used alcohol to manage – and issues acquired so unhealthy that he would go to any lengths to cover his dependancy from colleagues, family and friends.

“You become very sneaky when you have something like that in your life,” he advised presenter Lauren Laverne.

“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.”

Pegg additionally labored on Hot Fuzz and Run Fatboy Run earlier than the beginning of his daughter Matilda compelled him to come back clear and get assist in 2009.

When he first spoke of his alcoholism in a 2018 interview with The Guardian, he revealed he entered rehab simply earlier than he started filming Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

“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 the dive,” he mentioned on this Sunday’s episode of Desert Island Discs.

The father-of-one attended Alcoholics Anonymous and has been sober ever since.

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In his dialog with Laverne, Pegg additionally spoke of his friendship with Mission: Impossible co-star Tom Cruise – and the way he “makes fun of him” for being so well-known.

“We joke about it. I mean I always make fun of him for it, you know, about the things he can access,” he mentioned.

“He kind of appreciates the ridiculousness of it sometimes.”

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He described his friendship with the Hollywood star as “simple and amiable”.

When requested about Cruise’s private life, he added that he “doesn’t ask him about stuff like that” because it “would be abusing my privileged access that I get to him”.

Cruise and Pegg are at present filming the second a part of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, due out in 2024.