Co-star claims Tom Cruise doesn't preach Scientology

Tom Cruise, star of the upcoming film Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation. Photo / AP

British star Simon Pegg loves hanging out with Tom Cruise and is adamant his Mission: Impossible co-star doesn't preach about Scientology.

Pegg forged a close friendship with the Hollywood superstar while filming the hit action films, including the forthcoming Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.

The actor is upfront about their friendship but insists that despite rumours, Cruise is not obsessed with his Scientology lifestyle.

Simon Pegg is adamant Tom Cruise does not preach about scientology. Photo / Supplied

"I've known him for 10 years and (Scientology has) never come up. It's not something he talks about or preaches. I don't know what the story is.

The thing about Tom is that he doesn't participate with the public persona of himself, or do anything to alter it. In fact I think he's quite happy to allow a degree of mystique to flow around him, because it makes him more enigmatic and more interesting as an actor."

"... it's interesting because the closer you get to Tom, the less complex he becomes. As the clouds of ridiculousness thin, there's this kind of ... this ordinary man.

• Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation will be released in New Zealand on August 6.

- WENN