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Tom Cruise lived and made theMission: Impossiblefranchise a ginormous hit franchise with critical accolades embedded in its glorious cinematic journey over the years. However, Cruise was not devoid of any mistakes and the actor regretted killing off one actor too early.
Cruise’s celebrated action franchise created a legacy since the firstMission: Impossiblemovie was released in 1996 and Cruise’s titular character Ethan Hunt— an agent in the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) espionage agency lived on with a huge fanbase. Of course, the franchise has been a spectacle but the death of many characters over the years in the movie series definitely rattled some fans.
Tom Cruise Convinced HisThe OutsidersCo-Star To JoinMission: Impossible
Mission: Impossiblefranchise has the most prominent role in forgingTom Cruise’slegacy as an action star. The franchise has pushed the actor to the edge of the limit and Cruise has been doing his own action stunts for the movies he appears in even today defying the burden of age. Still, theTop Gunstar has one regret and that is killing off his co-starEmilio Estevezin the firstMission: Impossiblemovie itself.
“The way Tom had explained it, he said, ‘Look, I’d love for you to come and join the cast. The whole opening number where everybody gets wiped out, it’s going to be a lot of well-known people and all of them are going to go uncredited and it’s really going to set up the level of peril for Ethan.’ And I said, ‘I’m in. You don’t have to ask me twice, I’m in.’ And then afterwards, obviously, the movie’s a giant hit,”Estevez said in an interview withUproxx.
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However, fans might recall Cruise had a brief cameo in Estevez’sYoung Gunswhere Cruise was killed off in the uncredited role. Was it a payback?“No,”the actor said adding“it wasn’t that at all.”But even before that, the duo appeared in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie classicThe Outsiders,and the movie was the beginning of the duo recognizing each other’s prowess.
Tom Cruise’sMission: ImpossibleRegret
Estevez’s brief cameo in the movie was good, in fact too good for Cruise as the actor regrettedkilling Estevez’s character in the movie. Estevez who played Jack Harmon in the movie revealed that he could have been the recurring star in the franchise as Cruise was very much interested in bringing him back.“Still making them!”Estevez told Uproxx reflecting on the franchise that still producing movies.
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“Tom was like, we were doing a run the year after that and he says, “Man, we made such a mistake killing you off,”he added.
But Cruise was not the only one to consider Estevez’s returnJohn Woowho directedMission: Impossible 2very much wanted Jack Harmon in the movie.
“He and John Woo were trying to figure out a way to bring me back for part two, but it just didn’t make sense. I thought you could have because with all the masks, right?”Estevez added.
But it never came close to fruition, but still, Estevez’s resurrection would bring another angle to the narratives, or perhaps, another fan-favorite character in the long run. Currently. The franchise has one more installment,Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2slated for release.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2is expected to hit theaters on 21 July 2025.
Lachit Roy
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Lachit Roy is a seasoned writer specializing in science and entertainment news. Armed with a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Tezpur University, he brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to his craft.Lachit is particularly passionate about crafting engaging content on entertainment news and trends. A dedicated movie enthusiast, he possesses an in-depth understanding of the cinematic world and takes joy in disseminating the latest updates to the global fandom. When not immersed in writing, Lachit can be found indulging in his love for movies and series, occasionally tending to his garden, but predominantly expanding his expertise in the realms of his interests.
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