Get a Sneak Peek of Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell’s Heart-Pounding Car Chase in Rome for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Paramount Pictures treated fans to an exciting behind-the-scenes glimpse of the upcoming Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. In a captivating two-minute-20-second video, director Christopher McQuarrie and stars Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell shared their exhilarating experience shooting a daring car chase sequence on the bustling streets of .
The footage shows Cruise, handcuffed to Atwell, skillfully maneuvering cars with just one hand. They started off in a black SUV but soon switched to a tiny yellow Fiat 500. Cruise took to Instagram to express his excitement, admitting that he had never been involved in such a high-octane car chase scene. “We’ve done car chases in Mission: Impossible movies before, but nothing like this one,” he wrote in the caption.
McQuarrie explained that they let the city dictate the nature of the chase. The chaotic traffic and cobblestone streets made the driving incredibly unpredictable. However, the most thrilling aspect was the fact that Cruise and Atwell were handcuffed together. “Tom’s main concern was not crashing with Hayley attached to him,” shared McQuarrie, breaking down the details of the sequence.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, the seventh film in the franchise, features a star-studded cast including Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Frederick Schmidt, Cary Elwes, Mark Gatiss, Indira Varma, and Rob Delaney.
Produced by Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie, with executive producers David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Tommy Gormley, Chris Brock, and Susan E. Novick, the film is based on the television series created by Bruce Geller and written by Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is set to hit theaters on July 12, delivering an adrenaline-pumping cinematic experience you won’t want to miss.
