Simon Pegg is opening up about his struggles with alcohol. The 53-year-old English actor revealed he hid his alcoholism while working on the 2006 film Mission: Impossible III alongside Tom Cruise. “You become very sneaky when you have something like that in your life,” Simon said. Keep reading to find out more…“You learn how to do it without anyone noticing because it takes over.
It wants to sustain itself and it will do everything it can to not be stopped,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. “But eventually it just gets to a point when it can’t be hidden, and that’s when, thankfully, I was able to pull out of the dive.” Simon has played Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible series, providing comic relief throughout the suspenseful films.
After struggling with his mental health and alcoholism for many years, he hit a turning point: the birth of his daughter Matilda in 2009.
Having his daughter motivated him to seriously pursue recovery. Simon also shared about his relationship with Tom Cruise and what really energizes him. “I think you realize, when you meet the person rather than the thicket of mythology that’s built up around them, it’s a different experience.
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