Thandie Newton holds nothing back in a new Vulture interview covering her nearly three decades as a working actress. Newton gets brutally honest about a handful of career-defining projects, from her growing frustrations over “Westworld” to her issues filming the sexual assault scene in “Crash,” and one of Newton’s most notable stories involves the making of “Mission: Impossible 2.” Newton was cast as Tom Cruise’s love interest Nyah Nordoff-Hall in the John Woo-directed action sequel. One moment with Cruise on set proved to be a nightmare.

“I was so scared of Tom. He was a very dominant individual,” Newton said. “He tries super hard to be a nice person. But the pressure. He takes on a lot. And I think he has this sense that only he can do everything as best as it can be done.”

Newton remembered a time she got angry with Cruise during...