Does anyone imagine what would happen if the "Mission Impossible" movie series left Tom Cruise? Will it still achieve such a big success now? In fact, after the third installment of the "Mission: Impossible" series, the protagonist was considered twice.
After the release of "Mission Impossible 3" in 2006, it still had a huge box office success, but it was not enough for Paramount Pictures. "Mission Impossible 3" was the worst-performing work in the entire series, but still Paying Tom Cruise's high salary and the follow-up DVD sales share really makes Paramount intolerable. Sumner Redstone, president of Paramount's parent company Viacom, announced in an interview that it had terminated the 14-year cooperation with Tom Cruise. This is the first time the "Mission Impossible" series has left the crisis of Tom Cruise.
Recently, members of the production team of the "Mission Impossible" series revealed that the original ending of "Mission Impossible 4" released in 2011 was that the agent Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise, became the head of the IMF. And passed the series protagonist salaries to the new role, that is, Jeremy Renner, who first appeared in "Mission Impossible 4" that year, and he played another agent, William Brandt in the play. This is the second time the "Mission Impossible" series bid farewell to the Tom Cruise crisis.
Jeremy Renner was not an eagle eye at the time, but he was also an actor who was about to make a big show. In the past two years, he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for "The Hurt Locker" and just joined the "Mission Impossible" film team. At that time, it was generally believed that he could join "Mission Impossible" because Paramount intended to replace Tom Cruise with a new actor to continue the series with a fresh start. But we know very well that the follow-up did not develop like this.
"Mission Impossible 4" eventually surpassed the box office of the first three titles and became the world's highest grossing work of the series that year (it has been surpassed by 2018 "Mission Impossible 6: Total Disintegration"), and proved this Tom Crew The veteran still has the ability to continue to star in difficult action movies. Tom Cruise continues to star in this series in this way, so that we can see the increasingly difficult actions of "Mission Impossible 5: Mysterious Nation" and "Mission Impossible 6: Total Disintegration", which will continue to bring audiences Come for a jaw-dropping visual feast.
"Mission Impossible 4" photographer Robert Aswitt revealed behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the original ending of the movie at a live event. During the production process of the movie, "Script Doctor" Christopher McQueen participated in the production of the film and the adjustment of the script in the middle, and allowed Ethan Hunt to continue to play the leading role in the future movies of the series. Tom Cruise, who everyone finally saw, did not retire in the movie.
We all know that Tom has not retired, but what about the original script? It turns out that Ethan Hunter would have got another new position at the IMF. Aswitt said: "Regarding the original version of "Mission Impossible 4", most people who have participated in this work may not disclose the news, but I don't think anyone cares what I say. The truth is that Yes, in the original ending of this movie, Agent Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise, will be transformed into Minister Ethan Hunt. The purpose of this version is to bring out another actor led by Maybe it’s Jeremy Renner, who knows?” In the years when
and Paramount broke up, Tom Cruise was no longer a box office guarantee actor in his heyday. Movies such as "The Target of Hitler" and "The Spy" did not bring impressive performances or box office success. Waiting for Tom Cruise to return to join Paramount in 2009 to launch the fourth installment of "Mission Impossible", Paramount dare not put all the box office on Tom Cruise, planning to build the "Mission Impossible 4" series Even if the protagonist changes into an IP, he can continue to make a sequel to make money.
Tom Cruise publishes "Mission Impossible" 7 and 8 at the same time
filming. Fortunately, Paramount heard opinions and was willing to abandon the original script and choose the version rewritten by Christopher McQuay. script. At that time it seemed to take a certain risk, but from the current point of view, this can definitely be regarded as a correct decision. The entire "Mission Impossible" series led by Tom Cruise for 20 years is still the best. One of the popular action movie series. Parts 7 and 8 have been planned to be filmed at the same time and will be screened in two in 2021 and 2022.
