Tom Cruise Shuts Down Trump Movie Tariff Question While Promoting 'mission: Impossible'

Tom Cruise is keeping mum connected President Donald Trump's thought of imposing a tariff connected each movies made extracurricular nan U.S.

The character appeared astatine an arena successful South Korea to beforehand his upcoming movie, "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning." Cruise was speaking astatine a Q&A sheet pinch nan movie's director, Christopher McQuarrie, and a fewer of his co-stars, erstwhile a newsman asked a mobility astir nan imaginable tariff.

"I'd for illustration to inquire this mobility to anybody who's up for it," nan reporter, whose mobility was translated from Korean to English by a moderator, asked, per Entertainment Weekly. "I watched this movie and I saw that it was filmed successful galore different locations astir nan world, including Africa. Of course, we each are alert of nan tariffs that President Donald Trump has been imposing connected overseas productions and films. So, is this peculiar movie nether that tariff? And really overmuch of nan movie was changeable overseas?"

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Tom Cruise was asked what he thought of Donald Trump's projected tariff connected movies made extracurricular nan country. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images for Paramount; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The outlet shared that Cruise looked to McQuarrie and took a region earlier telling nan moderator off-mic, "We’d alternatively reply questions astir nan movie. Thank you." 

"I deliberation that's a adjacent answer," nan moderator replied.

Cruise's reps did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

According to IMDb, "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" was filmed successful London, South Africa and Norway from March 2022 to July 2023, pinch further shots filmed successful March 2024.

Tom Cruise made "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" successful nan U.K., Norway and South Africa. (Gilbert Flores/Getty Images)

On May 4, Trump brought up nan thought of a tariff that would impact movies made overseas successful a station he shared connected Truth Social.

"The Movie Industry successful America is DYING a very accelerated death," he wrote. "Other Countries are offering each sorts of incentives to tie our filmmakers and studios distant from nan United States. Hollywood, and galore different areas wrong nan U.S.A., are being devastated. This is simply a concerted effort by different Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat."

Trump continued, "It is, successful summation to everything else, messaging and propaganda! Therefore, I americium authorizing nan Department of Commerce, and nan United States Trade Representative, to instantly statesman nan process of instituting a 100% Tariff connected immoderate and each Movies coming into our Country that are produced successful Foreign Lands. WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!"

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Donald Trump is pushing to person films made successful nan U.S. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The pursuing day, White House spokesperson Kush Desai told Fox News Digital, "Although nary last decisions connected overseas movie tariffs person been made, nan management is exploring each options to present connected President Trump’s directive to safeguard our country’s nationalist and economical information while Making Hollywood Great Again."

In January, Trump named actors Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone arsenic his Hollywood ambassadors, and earlier this month, Voight, on pinch typical advisor Steven Paul, submitted a "comprehensive plan" to nan president to prevention nan film and tv industry.

Voight and Paul met pinch "dozens of starring movie and tv organizations (guilds, unions, studios and streamers) astir what changes request to beryllium made to summation home movie production," according to a statement. 

Donald Trump made Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight typical Hollywood ambassadors successful January. (Getty Images)

The gathering was conducted successful personification pinch Trump astatine his Mar-a-Lago residence successful Florida and included SP Media Group/Atlas Comics President Scott Karol.

"The connection includes national taxation incentives, important changes to respective taxation codes, nan constitution of co-production treaties pinch overseas countries, and infrastructure subsidies for theatre owners, movie and tv accumulation companies, and post-production companies," nan connection said. "The connection besides includes a attraction connected occupation training, and tariffs successful definite constricted circumstances."

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"The president loves nan intermezo business and this country, and he will thief america make Hollywood awesome again," Voight said.

"The American movie industry, and Hollywood, is simply a beacon for school nan American Dream to nan world and is an motor for occupation maturation and profession opportunity," said Paul. "It’s basal that we sphere America’s activity successful film and tv production."

Jon Voight met pinch President Donald Trump astatine Mar-a-Lago earlier this month. (Steven Paul)

He added, "We look guardant to moving pinch nan administration, nan unions, studios, and streamers to thief shape a scheme to support our manufacture patient and bring much productions backmost to America.

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"By creating nan correct situation done smart incentives, updated policies, and much-needed support, we tin guarantee that American accumulation companies thrive, much jobs enactment present astatine home, and Hollywood erstwhile again leads nan world successful productivity and innovation."

Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.