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In context, Clooney supports message but not method. Cruise is an ass here. Why still filming rn, during peak COVID? Put crew on paid leave.
All that these crew members did was fail to social distance. Bit of a mistake? Yes. Worth facing a tantrum over it? Hell no.
This is a busy set. Mistakes will happen, and people will break distancing rules. If crew members legit can't be within a few feet of each other right now, they shouldn't be filming. And, considering current virus rates, they probably shouldn't be. Take off a month, keep paying the crew to keep their "food on the table", and come back when the virus has calmed down.
As a cherry on top, Cruise has put the crew on an early Christmas break, and will be flying off to Miami in his private jet. No word on whether the crew gets paid for the lost work days...
Also, for a guy so obsessed with following guidelines to the letter, his expensive mask breaks CDC guidelines. It filters outside air, but blocks none of his own breathing.
I'll close my rant off with what Clooney had to say:
"I wouldn't have done it that big. I wouldn't have, you know, pulled people out," Clooney said. "You're in a position of power and it's tricky, right? You do have a responsibility for everybody else and he's absolutely right about that. And, you know, if the production goes down, a lot of people lose their jobs. People have to understand that and have to be responsible. It's just not my style to, you know, to take everybody to task that way."
HP: George Clooney Says That Tom Cruise 'Didn't Overreact' In His Viral COVID-19 Speech On The 'Mission: Impossible 7' Set. Dec 18, 21:34
I think most reasonable people would have handled it differently. Dec 18, 22:42
He probably hasn't had the aliens cleared off in a few months while filming. {nm} Dec 19, 06:32
By discharging the strikingly reckless employees without a second chance? {nm} Dec 19, 08:00
Long-term, you'd rather be yelled at and keep your job than be quietly told you're fired. {nm} Dec 19, 10:32
Who's to say that he didn't? Who's to say this wasn't the first offense? {nm} Dec 19, 11:56
I meant who's to say this wasn't the second or third offense? {nm} Dec 19, 11:57
He didn't talk to McQ or the AD first. Dec 20, 00:20
No, the problem appears to be that he is an arrogant **** that doesn't know how to communicate with co-workers. {nm} Dec 19, 20:36
He also seems to make poor hiring decisions — keeping lethally reckless losers out of the workplace is important {nm} Dec 20, 07:41
It's a workplace with rules for safety. {nm} Dec 19, 08:41
What does that have to do with ANY of this incident? {nm} Dec 19, 20:00
In context, Clooney supports message but not method. Cruise is an ass here. Why still filming rn, during peak COVID? Put crew on paid leave. Dec 19, 10:58
Somebody already made the Santa version Dec 19, 15:46
