Henry Cavillturned villain for Tom Cruise’s bestMission: Impossiblemovie, and now the success ofThe Final Reckoningin theaters has seen interest in all the previous movies in the franchise soar. While Cruise’s 2024 outing as Ethan Hunt,Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, is obviously charting the highest on Paramount+,Mission: Impossible - Falloutis not far behind.
WhenTom Cruise began his journey as Hunt over 30 years ago, the movies performed as well as most other action blockbusters of the time. However, just like theFast & Furiousfranchise, something went into overdrive a few movies in, and suddenly Cruise was looking a grosses that had the potential to reach the magic billion-dollar mark.Falloutbecame both the highest-rated and highest-grossing movie of the franchise, and while it still did not come close to breaking a billion, it set up Cruises nextM:Imovies. The synopsis ofFalloutreads:
“Ethan Hunt and the IMF team join forces with CIA assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster of epic proportions. Arms dealer John Lark and a group of terrorists known as the Apostles plan to use three plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack on the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca, Saudi Arabia. When the weapons go missing, Ethan and his crew find themselves in a desperate race against time to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.”
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Henry Cavill’s ‘Mission: Impossible’ Role Led to “Mustache-Gate”
Actors have to make many choices when it comes to how they approach each role in terms of their appearance. Some actors will shave their head rather than wear a bald cap. Others will undergo dramatic weight loss or gain in order to embody the character they are playing, while others rely on VFX and bodysuits. When starring inMission: Impossible – Fallout, Cavill grew a mustache. Naturally, this would not have been an issue at all if he had not been required to return to the set ofJustice Leagueto complete reshoots for his role as Superman.
This led to Cavill’s reshot scenes needing digital enhancement to remove his upper lip hair, and created a whole wave of criticism whenJustice Leaguewas released, with several scenes being pointed out by fans on social media, and some people even going so far as to manipulate footage from the film toreinstate his mustache just for the fun of it.
Of course, this was the least ofJustice League’sissues, and while the DC event movie became the beginning of a very long end of the DCEU, Cavill’s adjacent appearance inFalloutbecame his second-highest-grossing movie behindBatman v Superman, and the highest-rated project of his career.
Now, thanks tothe release ofThe Final Reckoningover Memorial Day weekend, many fans are revisitingFallouton Paramount+, giving it a strong run on the streamer’s movie chart. There are worse ways to spend this weekend than checking it out for yourself.
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout
