While theSolo: A Star Wars Story’s trailer may have made the most buzz during the Super Bowl, it’s pretty clear that as far as content goes, theMission: Impossible – Fallouttrailerwon the night. The first look at the sixth film in the franchise stands in stark contrast to almost every other blockbuster around, as the film’s focus on practical effects showcases some jaw-dropping stunts that look genuinely unlike, say, the gravity-defying stunts ofSkyscraperorAvengers: Infinity War. As opposed to green screen-enabled set pieces,Falloutis all about realness, and the trailer had that in spades.
And now a newMission: Impossible 6image reveals yet another member of the team:Vanessa Kirby’s character. The actress rose to prominence as Princess Margaret in Netflix’sThe Crown, and now joins the spectacularMissionensemble as a brand new character forFallout. We don’t quite know exactly who she’s playing, but by the looks of this image she’s a singer/performer of some sort.
Writer/directorChristopher McQuarrie, who also wrote and directed the stellarMission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, reprises his duties this time around, andlast Mayhe offered a tantalizing tease of Kirby’s character and how she changed completely when the actress showed up on set:
“The way the movie tends to come together, there’s a pretty good idea what the story is and what the screenplay is. And we hire actors with an idea of where their character is going. But what Tom and I like to do is work with the actor and on the set start to say, “Well, I’m feeling more of this from you.” For example, Vanessa Kirby’s character in the story started as one thing, and during our conversations, not even rehearsals, but costume fittings and props and things like that we started to play with is your character this – is this a good character or is this a bad character? Is it a character we like to see being bad, or is it a character we want to see get her comeuppance? And we played with all these different shades of the character until we found just who she was. And then on the first day we shot with her, that all proved to be wrong. And Vanessa just found this beautiful tone that she played with Tom. And now I know how to write the rest of the movie.”
As a massive fan of Kirby’s work onThe CrownI can’t wait to see what she gets to do inFallout. If how McQuarrie handledRebecca Ferguson’s character inRogue Nationis any indication, we’re in for something surprising and exciting. Check out the newMission: Impossible 6image below. The film also starsSimon Pegg,Henry Cavill,Angela Bassett,Ving Rhames,Michelle Monaghan,Sean Harris, andAlec Baldwin.Mission: Impossible – Falloutopens in theaters on July 27th.
Here’s the official synopsis forMission: Impossible – Fallout:
The best intentions often come back to haunt you. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, and Vanessa Kirby also join the dynamic cast with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie returning to the helm.
