Tag: Mission: Impossible 2
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One Mission: Impossible 2 Stunt Could’ve Cost Tom Cruise His Eye
There are breathtaking stunts throughout the “Mission: Impossible” series, like when Tom Cruise rides a motorcycle off a cliff or climbs the Burj Khalifa, but “Mission: Impossible 2″ — considered the weakest despite having the most subversive visuals — includes a memorable stunt on a much smaller scale. It’s far more intimate but incredibly visceral.On…
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This Is Tom Cruise’s Wildest Stunt in the Mission: Impossible Franchise
Over the years, the Mission: Impossible franchise has featured no shortage of amazing action sequences and wild stunts. Many of the stunts are legitimately performed by Tom Cruise, as he’s risked life and limb to push the envelope for some of the franchise’s biggest moments. Some of those stunts include performing a live Halo jump…
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J.J. Abrams Was Warned About Working With Tom Cruise On Mission: Impossible 3
Along with “Mission: Impossible 2,” “Mission: Impossible 3″ is often thought of as one of the lesser “Mission: Impossible” flicks. But I’m here to tell you it’s a lot better than its reputation suggests. The action is solid, the villain — played by Philip Seymour Hoffman — is the best of the franchise, and the…
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Thandie Newton Shares Her ‘Nightmare’ Tom Cruise Story from ‘Mission: Impossible 2’
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…
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‘Mission: Impossible 2’ Co-Writer Reveals How ‘Star Trek’ Helped Save the Sequel
Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 2 wouldn’t exist without getting a little help from Captain Picard and the Borg.Twenty years ago on May 24, 2000, director John Woo’s M:i-2 motorcycle-jousted into theaters as the first sequel in producer-star Cruise’s venerable big-screen franchise based on the classic TV show. Helping bring this extreme guilty pleasure to life,…