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Tom Cruise ‘Didn’t Want to Ask’ President Trump For Help With Space Mission ‘For Political Reasons’
Top Gun hunk Tom Cruise nixed asking President Donald Trump for a favor — dooming his dream to film in outer space, the National Enquirer has learned.
Insiders say the Mission: Impossible star balked at working with NASA since complicated and dangerous scenes filmed in outer space required a green light from the White House.
“Tom didn’t want to ask for political reasons,” says a source.
“From what I understand, they would need NASA coordination to do the movie, and supposedly Tom Cruise did not want to ask Donald Trump for a favor.”
“You’d need permission from the federal government.”
Back in 2020, news of the ambitious film project seemed like a done deal when then NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine crowed about it in a tweet.
“NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film aboard the @Space_Station! We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s ambitious plans a reality,” he wrote according to NPR.
But one Hollywood insider tells the Enquirer that Cruise — who’s stayed out of politics over the years — is a bit of a snob when it comes to making movies.
“Tom Cruise is a control freak. Psychologically, he wants to run everything, and he doesn’t want anyone telling him what to do,” the insider tells the Enquirer.
“On the surface, he pretends to be a very congenial and easygoing guy. But he has a big ego and deep down inside he wants control over every aspect of the films he produces or appears in.”
The space film isn’t the first time Cruise, who’s licking his wounds after breaking up with Cuban spitfire Ana de Armas, has dodged crossing paths with Trump — apparently in a effort to avoid alienating fans.
Citing a scheduling conflict, Cruise politely turned down Trump’s invitation to receive a 2025 Kennedy Center Honor.
Shortly after that, Trump took a jab at the Edge of Tomorrow stud’s 5-foot-7 height while complimenting the B-2 bomber pilots that wiped out Iran’s nuclear facilities in June.
While calling the pilots “perfect specimens” who resembled Cruise, Trump cracked, “They really do. I don’t want to be a wise guy and say, but taller. I’m not gonna say that,” per Daily Beast.
