Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett talks pivotal presidential role in 'Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning' & more

"With Mr. Cruise, you can never count him down or out," Angela Bassett tells PEOPLE of costar Tom CruiseMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is in theaters nowThe eighth film in the Tom Cruise action franchise,

The Final Reckoning” (Angela Bassett, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementeiff and Greg Tarzan Davis) to talk about the important aspects of art and filmmaking. You know, like eating Tom Cruise’s coconut cake,