Culture news “They prefer to ignore it”: Tom Cruise can be scary, this actor refused a role in Mission Impossible
The ‘Mission Impossible Fallout’ director struggled to find an actor who could compete with Henry Cavill and Tom Cruise, and the bathroom scene might have been a lot different if the performer Christopher McQuarrie had in mind at the time had said yes.
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Mission accomplished for Cristopher McQuarrie
In 2018, the sixth part of the saga Impossible mission was released in the cinema, and the film Christopher McQuarrie amazed viewers with its action scenes with stakes each more grandiose than the last. Whether it is the sequence with the helicopters, the fight that follows on the cliff or even the fall above Paris, the mission that McQuarrie wasn’t that impossible, since his work ticked all the boxes in terms of an action film, and gave chills to many a fan.
But even though all these scenes were brilliantly done, they wouldn’t have had the same effect without Tom Cruisewhose name, today inseparable from Impossible mission and action films, sometimes inspires anxiety for certain actors. Even if Henry Cavill knew how to stand up to him falloutand that the toilet scene was a real hit thanks to Liang Yangit could have been completely different if the actor that Christopher McQuarrie coveted had agreed to play against Tom Cruise.
Sometimes you have to suffer for your art
Indeed, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporterthe American director revealed that Liang Yang wasn’t his first choice. McQuarrie had contacted “a renowned actor” to play John Larkbut after having tried the famous toilet scene where the characters played by Cavill, CruiseAnd Yang clash brutally for long minutes, the actor simply refused to take on the role of Lark.
When the actors realize the dedication that such a scene implies, they prefer to skip it.
Although we would be very curious to know who this mysterious actor was, we are very happy that Christopher McQuarrie gave a chance to Liang Yang. The latter is not an actor but a stuntman, and it is his experience in this role that allowed him to bring this scene to life with a fight of rare quality. Waiting Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2 which is planned for 2025, know that Mission: Impossible – Fallout will leave Netflix on March 13, so hurry up and watch it, even if it’s just for the toilet scene!
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