Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie teases the IMF leader’s seventh big-screen adventure: ‘We lean into the chaos.’
“We were at ground zero for the pandemic.
Now I’m here talking to you!”
Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Tom Cruise, and Rebecca Ferguson in ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’.Christian Black/Paramount
But despite the production’s many trials and tribulations, McQuarrie always believed he would complete his mission.
“And on these movies, we like to say, ‘Disaster is an opportunity to excel.’
We lean into the chaos.
Hayley Atwell and Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’.
We don’t invite it, but we accept it as part of the process.”
Mission: Impossible FalloutactressVanessa Kirbyonce again portrays arms dealer Alanna Mitsopolis (a.k.a.
This time, Kittridge partners with characters played by Shea Whigham and Cruise’sTop Gun: Maverickcostar Greg Tarzan Davis.
Pom Klementieff in ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’.
“Shea and Tarzan represent the government,” says McQuarrie.
“She read for us forJack Reacher,” says the filmmaker, who also directed that Cruise-starring action-thriller.
“She was somebody we were interested in forRogue Nation.
Tom Cruise and Vanessa Kirby in ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’.
“It’s par for the course,” says McQuarrie.
“It’s what you learn to accept.
It’s what keeps the lights on!”
Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’.Christian Black/Paramount
McQuarrie, who also co-wroteTop Gun: Maverick, admits he might find it odd working on justonemega-action movie.
I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself!”
Mission: Rest sounds like a good plan.
Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie on the set of ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’.Christian Black/Paramount
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