Mission Impossible 7: the director evokes the death of this character

Mission Impossible 7: the director evokes the death of this character



Mission: Impossible 7a darker work for the saga

Ethan Hunt and his team returned to French theaters on July 12th. In Mission: Impossible showdown part 1they face this time a new mystery weapon, which could change the face of the world. Although this weapon is coveted by many people, the IMF must do everything to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. meven if one of its members has to die there…

Warning, SPOILERS!

Tom Cruise - Mission Impossible 7 ©Paramount Pictures
Tom Cruise – Mission Impossible 7 ©Paramount Pictures

It was Christopher McQuarrie who once again directed mission impossible 7, which he also co-wrote with Erik Jendresen. The director and screenwriter was already behind the last two installments of the saga. It was he who introduced Ilsa Faust In Rogue nation. Since then, the latter has come to form a quartet with Ethan, Benji and Luther. So she came back The showdown Part 1 to help Ethan and his friends find the weapon that threatens the world. Unfortunately, the character played by Rebecca Ferguson find death in this new opus, which turns out to be darker than its predecessors.

Christopher McQuarrie talks about Ilsa’s death

During a scene on a Venetian bridge, Ilsa confronts Gabriel, the antagonist played by Esai Morales. And the latter gets the best of her, ending up stabbing her. A significant death given that it is the first time in the saga that a major character dies after taking part in various films in the franchise – if we do not consider Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin) as an adult.

Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson - Mission Impossible 7 ©Paramount Pictures
Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson – Mission Impossible 7 ©Paramount Pictures

But for the director of mission impossible 7, this death was necessary. During an interview with United States todayChristopher McQuarrie thus explained that the plot of the feature film was needed and that it was faithful to the universe of the saga:

It was a very difficult decision to make. But we knew we had to take it so that the film had real stakes and remained faithful to the saga. Mission Impossible is Ethan’s journey first and foremost, and he continues to have this tendency to lose the people closest to him. It was a really difficult conversation for us, and we knew that scene was going to provoke reactions, but we also knew that this is the reality of the universe that has been created across seven films.

mission impossible 8 rejected?

Rebecca Ferguson will therefore not participate in the eighth film of the saga. On the other hand, we should find inside The showdown Part 2 all other important characters survived the first part. But you may have to wait longer than expected before we can discover the rest of the adventures of Ethan Hunt and his team.

We recall that the main actors’ union recently joined the strike started by screenwriters last May. And second The Hollywood Reporter, mission impossible 8 it is one of the films to be affected from this movement. Already paused to allow the main players to promote the seventh work, filming is therefore expected to resume later than planned. So that’s to be expected the release date of the filmcurrently set for June 26, 2024, be postponed.

Source: Cine Serie

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