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Tom Cruise Interview For ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
Dec 24th
This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. Director Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has assembled a fine cast to support Tom Cruise in Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Simon Pegg, Vladimir Mashkov, Anil Kapoor, Léa Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson and Michael Nyqvist. ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ is out now in the US, while it’s set for release December 26th in the UK.
When I left my screening for the film, many people were talking about the scene, the dizzying scene, at the top of the Burj Khalifa…..
Tom Cruise: The first moment on the Burj, when I saw the rope, I remember just thinking this is….this is the moment of truth (laughs). I didn’t anticipate the crosswinds, when you’re that high up. I had to figure out how to fly and I was using my feet as rudders. I was attached to a cable holding me, but if I turned too quickly I would go head first into the building. There’s one thing seeing it and another thing trying to accomplish it. I remember that I didn’t quite make it the first time and came slamming into the building (laughs). I was very excited because I thought it would be very entertaining for an audience and very challenging, and so that’s why I did it.
I remember when I was a little kid, I had this G.I. Joe doll that you’d take and you’d throw and the parachute opened. I was about four years old, I took my jungle gym, and pulled it over to the gutter of the house where we were living in at the time. I had torn my sheets off my bed, my new sheets, and I tied ropes around the corners of the sheets. I stuffed it around me. Then I got on top of the jungle gym and jumped for the gutter and I climbed up on the garage, being four years old, not thinking things through clearly (laughs), I took the parachute out, my sheets, and I jumped off the garage – because I always wanted to parachute. The second my feet left the roof, I realised this wasn’t going to work and it wasn’t a good idea (laughs). Luckily it had rained the night before so the ground was kind of muddy and soft. I’ve always wanted to do things like that, climbing – I have respect for heights now though. It was very challenging to do this, we trained for months to do it and to figure it out. Brad Bird made me do it (laughs).
Jeremy Renner Interview For Brad Bird’s ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
Dec 21st
This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. Director Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has assembled a fine cast to support Tom Cruise in Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Vladimir Mashkov, Anil Kapoor, Léa Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson and Michael Nyqvist. ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ in cinemas now in the US and December 26th in the UK.
Your character Brandt is pretty duplicitous, he‘s a grey area for much of the film….
Jeremy Renner: Yeah, he’s smart as a whip, he’s very analytical about things, he’s not very emotional. But you do slowly start to see who he is through the film. It was a grey, sort of complex character to jump into. Nothing is as it seems in a spy movie, and this certainly delivers that, I think. I’m attracted to those kind of roles, that you could be good or you could be bad and you just don’t know. I guess I just have one of those arresting faces that look like I want to beat you up or something. I don’t know what it is (laughs), but yeah, I like those parts.
But that’s what the character is, you know, it’s one of those hinge/fringe characters – you’re not sure what’s gonna happen. And that was the attraction for me. I can tell you that Will Brandt is a Chief Analyst for the IMF, the right-hand man to the Secretary, which is always the voice, now a face, finally, in this movie – played by Tom Wilkinson. He hands out all the missions. And this sort of buttoned up, sort of desk jockey, gets thrown into the mix of Ethan Hunt and two other agents, Paula Patton’s and Simon Pegg’s characters. And instead of having a mission sort of dished out, it became.…circumstances kind of fall apart and we’re thrown together and have to be together. It doesn’t mean we like each other, but we have to unite and to overcome certain obstacles. And then within that spectacle of action and mission stuff, there’s an interesting character. You will see. All four characters are very strong archetypes and how they play off each other ends up being really interesting. It’s Brad Bird’s strong suit, if you’ve ever seen ‘The Incredibles.’ I think you’ll see a lot of that within that sort of structure. Some great humour as well.
3-Minute “Sandstorm Chase” Clip From ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
Dec 13th
Paramount Pictures has premiered this dazzling 3-minute “Sandstorm Chase” clip from ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.’ Director Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has assembled a fine cast to support Tom Cruise in Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Vladimir Mashkov, Anil Kapoor, Léa Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson and Michael Nyqvist. Look out for ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ in cinemas December 16th in the US, and December 26th in the UK. Look out for my interview with Tom Cruise tomorrow.
Director Brad Bird and Producer J.J. Abrams bring us the action packed, entertainment event of the holiday season with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL. This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.
Excellent IMAX Poster For ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
Dec 12th
IGN has released this top-notch IMAX poster for ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.’ Designed by Matt Owen, the poster features the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, combined with the familiar ‘Mission: Impossible’ lit fuse. The previous instalment in the series was fantastic, fingers crossed this is another gem. Director Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has assembled a fine cast to support Tom Cruise in Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Vladimir Mashkov, Anil Kapoor, Léa Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson and Michael Nyqvist. Look out for ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ in cinemas December 16th in the US, and December 26th in the UK.
Director Brad Bird and Producer J.J. Abrams bring us the action packed, entertainment event of the holiday season with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL. This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.
Simon Pegg Interview For ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
Dec 8th
This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. Director Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has assembled a fine cast to support Tom Cruise in Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Simon Pegg, Vladimir Mashkov, Anil Kapoor, Léa Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson and Michael Nyqvist. Look out for ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ in cinemas December 16th in the US, and December 26th in the UK.
Benji was featured in ‘Mission Impossible 3,’ helping Ethan Hunt out from the lab. He’s now in the thick of the action as a field agent.
Simon Pegg: We had this idea that maybe after he helped Ethan navigate Shanghai and save his wife, he felt like the lab had no longer anything to offer him, and he applied to be a field agent. When we join him in ‘Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol,’ he’s actually out in the field doing exciting agent stuff. Benji brings a certain amount of light-heartedness, enthusiasm, certainly he’s a bit of a puppy (laughs), he’s very excited to work with his hero Ethan Hunt. And also he’s got the technical skills and know-how when it comes to computers and gadgets and stuff like that. I wanted Benji to be a credible agent, with the idea of him stepping out of the lab and training very hard to make the grade, you can’t just be an IMF agent without going through some pretty horrendous training I would imagine. So I worked with the stunt coordinator, Rob Alonzo, we did a lot of fight training, I hit the gym, I changed my diet – I got into it.
Paula Patton Interview For ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
Dec 7th
This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. Director Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has assembled a fine cast to support Tom Cruise in Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Simon Pegg, Vladimir Mashkov, Anil Kapoor, Léa Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson and Michael Nyqvist. Look out for ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ in cinemas December 16th in the US, and December 26th in the UK.
How was it to get this part? There’s many sides to Jane Carter, she’s incredibly fierce but at the same time vulnerable.
Paula Patton: Jane Carter is a really interesting woman, like you said, she’s very fierce and strong, and yet she’s vulnerable and feminine. When you meet her, she’s experienced a loss, and then a failure, and she has to right these wrongs. She is pretty complex. Honestly, when I heard about this movie it wasn’t an offer, I had to audition for it, and I remember when my agents called me and said that they’d like me to come in and read. I thought, “Don’t waste my time, there’s no way!” I’d always loved Mission Impossible, but I never thought in a million years that they were gonna hire me (laughs). But then they kept calling, they kept telling me, “They’d really like you to come in and read.” So I finally relented and I did, then a day later they said they’d like me to do a screen-test with Tom Cruise, then a few days later Brad Bird and J.J. Abrams called me to say, “Your Jane Carter.” All I knew was that Jane Carter was the female lead, and she was a very fierce woman, so that was all I really needed to hear to want to do it (laughs). I just didn’t believe that I would get it so it’s kind of a dream.