Tom Cruise's co-star reveals she was eight months pregnant when she shot Mission: Impossible fight scene

Daily Mail​

24-05-2025

Hayley Atwell appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week, where she opened up about filming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
While on the late night show, the 43-year-old actress, who starred in the movie alongside Tom Cruise, detailed her experience working while pregnant.
Asked if there was anything she wanted to share before the audience was shown a snippet from the feature film, she revealed, 'During this fight sequence — we came back to it a few times to add a few elements to it. And in this clip, I'm actually eight-and-a-half months pregnant.'
Atwell noted that she'd never shared the fact before, calling it 'a Fallon exclusive.'
She went on to say, 'I was taken such good care of. Everyone was so supportive and they were like, "Oh, you can sit down, and we'll have a stunt double do it." And I was like, "No! I've worked too hard. Let me do it." So I did it, and here it is.'
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While on the late night show, the 43-year-old actress, who starred in the movie alongside Tom Cruise , detailed her experience working while pregnant
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is the beloved franchise's eighth and final iteration, after first hitting the silver screen in 1996.
Atwell made her initial appearance in the franchise as IMF agent Grace in 2023.
The star gave birth to her first child with her music producer beau Ned Wolfgang Kelly last year.
The couple got engaged in April 2023, with Kelly gushing on Instagram at the time, 'I'd never had any interest in getting married… until I met this extraordinary woman.'
Sharing a photo of them side-by-side while the actress flashed her glinting diamond ring, he wrote, 'Lucky me. Arrived in Venice at 10am.
'Around midday the love of my life and I got engaged in the kitchen of this strange apartment full of porcelain ducks, with a bloke outside the window murdering 'My Way' on the accordion. A perfect start to the rest of our lives together.'
The British entertainer explained to Daily Mail that year, 'We had rented this Airbnb that had lots of shelves with porcelain ducks on them, so it was quite a surreal setup.
'My fiancé was in his [underwear] in the kitchen, and there was an accordion playing outside our window — which was timed perfectly but not planned,' she confirmed.
Hayley seemingly confirmed that the two have tied the knot in a May 19 episode of LIVE with Kelly and Mark as she referred to the musician as her husband.
The beauty regularly appears on his Instagram account, where he engages a modest audience of about 4,000 followers.
He's currently by her side in Cannes, France, supporting her at the Cannes Film Festival, which wraps on Saturday.
Taking to Instagram Stories on Friday he shared a video of the siren walking the red carpet in a midriff-baring black black top and coordinating long skirt.
Ned wrote, 'Go watch my amazing wife killing it in The Final Reckoning. The film absolutely rocks.'