Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningdirector Christopher McQuarrie teases that one fan-favorite character is set to get their best scenes in the franchise in the upcoming installment. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in the eighth and potentially finalMission: Impossiblemovie, which will see the superspy and his team attempting to defeat Gabriel (Esai Morales) and The Entity. Joining Cruise inThe Final Reckoningcastis Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, and Greg Tarzan Davis, as well as franchise veterans Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg.
In a recent interview withEmpire, McQuarrie offers up some teases aboutMission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’s supporting characters. “There’s no way I would have cast Pom in Dead Reckoning if that was the be all and end all of that character,” he says of Klementieff’s enemy-turned-ally Paris. But it’s Pegg’s Benji Dunn, first introduced in 2006’sMission: Impossible III, who is set to get some major standout moments in the upcoming movie:
“I don’t think I’m exaggerating to sayit contains Simon’s best moments in the franchise.”
What McQuarrie’s Comments Mean For Mission: Impossible 8
Ethan’s Team Has Some New Members In The Final Reckoning
In everyMission: Impossiblemovie thus far, Ethan is the main focus, but he’s also joined by some key allies on his globe-trotting exploits. This team has evolved over the years, and one core member,Rebecca Ferguson’s Ilsa Faust, died during the events ofMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning(2023). Rhames' Luther, the only Ethan ally remaining from the original 1996 film, remains alive, but his role was relatively small in the previous film, andMission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’s trailersuggests it will be about the same in the next one.
McQuarrie has previously revealed that Rhames' scenes forDead Reckoningwere all shot at a studio in London.
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After nearly dying duringDead Reckoning’s ending sequence, Paris is set to join Ethan’s team in the new movie, as is Davis' Degas, a member of law enforcement who was previously trying to apprehend Cruise’s character. TheFinal Reckoningtrailer has suggested that Atwell’s Grace is now also a core member of the team, and thatBenji will continue to operate in the field after getting his start as a desk-bound IMF IT specialist.
Our Take On Benji’s Role In The Final Reckoning
Simon Pegg’s Character Has Become A Standout
Benji has defused nuclear bombs in twoMission: Impossiblemoviesnow, and he was nearly strangled to death while doing this in 2017’sMission: Impossible – Fallout.Whatever comes next for him inThe Final Reckoningis poised to be a high-stakes sequence, perhaps putting both his technical knowledge and field skills to the test like never before.
Benji isn’t as skilled a fighter as Grace or Paris (and likely Degas), but he has really come into his own over the past few movies, cementing himself as a strong field operative and a crucial ally for Ethan. WithMission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningset to potentially be the last, it’s possible that audiences will be saying goodbye to a beloved character, and it would certainly be devastating if that ends up being Benji.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning follows Ethan Hunt and his team as they pursue a formidable AI called the Entity that has compromised global intelligence networks. With new allies and a haunting figure from Hunt’s past in pursuit, they must act quickly to avert a global catastrophe.
