The Arrested Development star opened up about his first encounter with the “very pleasant” Cruise throughout Tuesday’s episode of The Louis Theroux Podcast, the place he recalled the primary time the 2 crossed paths in 2010 whereas filming pre-taped segments for that 12 months’s MTV Film Awards.

“It was surreal to work with Tom Cruise. It was fascinating. Tom, like, runs the set. I used to be actually there for, like, 5 minutes, however what I noticed was like he was like the primary [assistant director] on the set. … It was his factor. He was such a pacesetter,” Cera described.

However issues shortly took a flip when Cruise, recognized for his depth and demanding professionalism on set, allegedly known as out Cera throughout filming.

“The primary second I had with him, I arrived, they have been taking pictures and I used to be speaking to the author … we have been simply sort of mumbling whereas they have been taking pictures, however they might hear us,” he claimed. “It was simply, like, 40 ft away, and Tom Cruise appears at me — I’ve by no means met him, they’re in the midst of a take — and he appears and he goes, ‘Is that Michael Cera speaking throughout a f–kin’ take?’ He was joking, however it was additionally like, ‘Do shut up.’ It was so surreal.”

The trade did not cease there.

The pair later met correctly, the place Cera says Cruise playfully gave him a tough time concerning the incident.

“After which I met him and he was like, ‘Speaking throughout a f–kin’ take.’ I knew he was enjoying round, so I used to be like, ‘It wasn’t me, it was the author!’ He was like, ‘I am kidding, I am kidding.’ I used to be like, ‘ … I am kidding too,’” Cera shared.

Whereas he is undoubtedly intense, Cruise has been recognized to have a softer aspect. Along with sending lots of his associates and former co-stars coconut desserts from California’s Doan’s Bakery yearly, Cruise’s Mission: Inconceivable co-star Simon Pegg says he is very a lot only a “regular man.”

“I have been in a position to hack my means by way of all of the weird mythology that surrounds him. On one aspect he is Tom Cruise — this enigmatic movie star everybody desires to learn about,” Pegg informed The Instances in 2023. “And on the opposite he is only a man. I like being regular with him.

As for a way Cruise unwinds, Pegg stated, “I do not know if he ever unwinds. He took us go-karting and zip-lining. He hates doing nothing.”