Kittridge's Rejected Mission: Impossible 6 Cameo Would Have Ruined His Return
Followers of the Mission: Impossible franchise are happy to see the return of Ethan Hunt's old nemesis Kittridge (Henry Czerny), but his planned cameo in Fallout would have undercut his return. While he's firmly established as an action star now, Tom Cruise wasn't so closely linked to the genre early in his career. Throughout the '80s and '90s, Cruise jumped around genres, including fantasy (Ridley Scott's Legend), drama (Rain Man) or even horror (Interview With The Vampire). Mission: Impossible saw Cruise attempt to build a franchise for himself, with the revival of the classic '60s TV series casting him as IMF agent Ethan Hunt.
The original was helmed by Brian De Palma, who brought his trademark visual flair to the project. While the first entry had some great action, it was still more of a spy thriller. The original brief of the Mission: Impossible franchise was that each entry would have a filmmaker with a unique style, with action auteur John Woo helming the second movie while J.J. Abrams made his directorial debut with 2006's Mission: Impossible III. The series is one of the rare examples of a franchise that (arguably) gets better with each outing, even more so since Christopher McQuarrie directed the fifth and sixth movies.
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McQuarrie also returned to helm the upcoming seventh entry Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One and its planned sequel. Adding to the excitement for long-time followers of the series is the return of Kittridge (Henry Czerny), who was the IMF director in the original movie. Kittridge suspected Hunt of being a mole following the death of his entire team and ruthlessly pursued him until Hunt cleared his
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