Did you really think Christopher McQuarrie was going to make two more Mission: Impossible movies and not bring back Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, and Vanessa Kirby? Well, confirming everyone’s assumptions, on a new podcast the writer and director of the last two Mission movies said all three actors will in fact be reprising their roles in the two upcoming sequels.
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That was just the start of what McQuarrie revealed on the Mission: Impossible-themed podcast Light the Fuse. He was joined by actors Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, and composer Lorne Balfe, all of whom revealed a bit more information about their contributions to Mission Impossible 7 and 8, which had just begun filming before the covid-19 pandemic shut down production.
To start, things would have been weird if Balfe, who did the score for Fallout, was on the podcast and…not a part of the next two movies. So McQuarrie made it official. Balfe will return for the next two films.
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McQuarrie also confirmed that Pegg’s character, Benji, would have a significantly more complex arc this time around. He then thought about it and realized that most of the characters fit that description, which makes sense. He does have two movies to fill after all.