VARIOUS DOCUMENTS 7

Chapter 7: Tom Holland and Glen Powell on the production of "Top Gun Maverick" (2021)

Journalist: Do you have any funny anecdotes about the production?
The actors look at each other with a knowing expression.
Holland: Shall we tell about the waitress?

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Part 5 of: The Lies We Told Each Other

Fandoms: Actor RPF, Top Gun (Movies)

Characters: Tom Cruise, Tom Holland, Glen Powell

Additional Tags: Fake interviews, Movie Industry, Entertainment Industry

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Journalist: Do you have any funny anecdotes about the production?

The actors look at each other with a knowing expression.

Holland: Shall we tell about the waitress?

Powell: Well... (with a falsely reluctant expression) It's good publicity, right?

Holland : (laughing) Yes, I'm sure you want to tell it because it's good publicity. (looks at the interviewer) Well, it's a studio filming day. As usual, there's a buffet table to the side and a couple of waitresses on duty. We are reading our scripts, but one of the actors says, "I'm hungry," and goes to get food.

Powell: We really weren't paying attention at the time. Until Tom arrived.

Holland: Tom is a guy who is super aware of his surroundings, like Ethan Hunt, you know? We? Not so much. (Powell shakes his head in agreement) We were working on an intense scene with Alison Brie, who plays my sister Suzanne, but Glen had asked his PA to let us know when the director arrived.

Powell: My PA says he's coming. We turn to greet him. Tom arrives, all smiles, but he stops dead, turns his head towards the buffet table, and... I swear his face changes in an instant.

Holland: Yeah, he went from hugs and hearts to (he snaps his fingers) where's my gun? All eyes turn, and we see that this actor has one of the waitresses cornered against the wall and saying something to her. We couldn't hear him, but his expression was super nasty. The girl is silently crying as she nods with a defeated expression. It was…

Powell: It was horrible to watch. Tom didn't hesitate, he went there, pushed the actor away, stood as a shield in front of the girl and oh! He told him all kinds of things. You have no right to treat anyone like that. Who do you think you are? I'm going to help her file a harassment lawsuit. I don't want you in my film. I'm going to get you blacklisted from Hollywood. You're going to have to do deodorant commercials or go play a stupid white man in Bollywood films, you bastard.

Holland: It was epic, really. I have never before seen a film director jump like this to the defense of a service person. They don't defend their actors from abuse, and she wasn't even on the film's staff, but for Tom, that wasn't important. He sees a person in trouble and jumps, like, like…

He looks at Powell, unsure.

Powell: Like a terrier, small and cute until you mess with something he considers his. I swear, I thought he was about to attack the actor because the guy didn't seem embarrassed or anything. He just endured the scolding with a severe face. When Tom gets tired of yelling at him, the man answers, "Thank you very much."

Journalist: Thank you very much?

Holland: Yes, and continues, "Thank you very much for defending my cousin like this. But I was scolding her because she didn't go to our grandmother's birthday last week. I think I have the right to that, right?"

Powell: But Tom didn't let himself be embarrassed. He immediately asked, "Did you offer to pay for her ticket?" The colleague was taken aback. "Pay for her ticket?" "Yeah. You are a famous and well-paid actor, and your cousin is a waitress. If you want to ensure that she goes to family gatherings, help her." The actor shook his head with a smile, "Grandma lives an hour south of Los Angeles."

Journalist: Whoops?

Holland: Not at all! In that moment, he showed that he is an actor capable of improvising under any circumstance. He turned to the waitress, said in a fake whisper, "Girl, you're on your own," and walked away as if nothing had happened.

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