FILMING of Tom Cruise’s latest movie ground to halt when a leading male cast member suffered a horror injury on the set.
The incident at Pinewood Studios, Bucks, put the unnamed star in hospital with injuries to his pelvis and leg.
It is a major setback to the production of the film — working title Judy — in which Cruise, 62, plays a megalomaniac who is the most powerful man in the world and tries to save humanity.
John Goodman, Jesse Plemons and Riz Ahmed also appear.
An insider said it had has echoes of when Cruise broke his ankle performing a rooftop jump stunt — halting filming on Mission Impossible: Fallout in 2018.
The source added: “The actor is renowned for loving spectacular stunts which obviously involve some element of danger and the risk of injury – though they always strive to keep any risk to an absolute minimum.
“This incident won’t just be alarming in terms of having someone so famous suffer such a major injury, it will also prove costly on a project which has cost millions and is on a very tight schedule.”
For the movie — due to be released in October 2026 — Cruise has teamed up with Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu.
He won Best Director Oscars in consecutive years for Birdman and The Revenant.
It was also hoped that Judy, which has been filming for almost two months, would be a contender for some Academy Award nods.
