Shutterstock / Fred Duval Hayley Atwell recalled when her two French bulldogs farted on Tom Cruise during a movie night at his home Atwell's French bulldogs Wolfie and Iris "insisted on sitting on" Cruise "for the duration of the movie," she recalled The pair costar in the new filmMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Hayley Atwellbrought her French bulldogs toTom Cruise's house for a movie night that quickly turned awkward. When the actress, 43, appeared onThe Tonight Showon Thursday, May 22 to promoteMission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, she told host Jimmy Fallon that she visited Cruise's home "to watch movies together and build up this kind of rapport, this understanding of film language" when she first joined the franchise ahead of 2023'sDead Reckoning. "He said, 'I hear you have dogs. You should bring them over.' And I thought, 'Well that's quite a good test of character,' because if a dog likes you, then you're a pretty solid guy, I think. They don't lie," she said. "So I brought them over and they loved him, and they insisted on sitting on him for the duration of the movie." According to Atwell, French bulldogs are known for being "very potent farters," and her pets Wolfie and Iris did not hesitate to fart on Cruise during the watch party. "So we're watching [a movie] and they're sitting on [Cruise] and they were farting on him the whole way through the movie," she said. "And I'm sat there and I'm like oh my God, and I'm looking around and there's some other people who are gagging." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The actress said Cruise was "discreet" about the smelly situation while a group of people watched the movie together. "He's enjoying the movie and eating popcorn and at one point I thought, 'I've got to say something, I'm so embarrassed,' " Atwell continued. "There was a lull in the film and I just turned to him at one point and I said, 'Sorry for all the tooting.' " "He was like, 'Uhh, yeah,' and went back to the movie, and I was like, 'That's more awkward than the farting!' " she added with a laugh. Paramount Pictures and Skydance Atwell, who plays thief Grace who joins Ethan Hunt's Impossible Missions Force team in the fight against an artificial intelligence known as the Entity in theMission: Impossiblefilms, also shared the story onSiriusXM'sBen +1recently, where she said Cruise was "completely oblivious, so polite, would never comment on anything" during her dogs' farting. "He was, like, oblivious, but also looking at me like, 'What's the accent about?' and I was like, it was so weird what came out of my mouth," she added. "It was more awkward than the dog's farting." Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningis in theaters now. Read the original article onPeople