Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt in this last instalment of the movie franchise, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, but he’s not alone. A star-studded cast accompanies him, and they go all out for production, filming in one of the most beautiful and icy places on the planet, Svalbard.
Meet The Cast of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
So just who’s who in this star-studded roster? Check out our cast breakdown below, which includes returning actors and fresh new faces to the franchise.
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The protagonists are a team of operatives led by Ethan Hawke (Tom Cruise) and comprised of Grace (Hayley Atwell), Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg), Erika Sloane (Angela Basset ), Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames), Degas (Greg Tarzan Davis), and William Donloe (Rolf Saxson) all reprise their roles from Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. They have either already been on the team before, or have defected and are now refocusing their efforts to help Ethan save the world and clear their names.
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The main antagonists of the film are Gabriel (Esai Morales), Sydney (Nick Offerman), and Eugene Kittridge (Henry Czerny). All three reprise their roles and continue to make Ethan’s life hell as he tries to save the world.
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Lastly, we have the new additions Tramell Tillman, Hannah Waddingham, and Lucy Tulugarjuk joining the cast. These three have undisclosed roles, and viewers would have to watch the film to find out who they are. Paris (Pom Klementieff) and Jasper Briggs (Shea Whigham), on the other hand, are morally grey characters who join Ethan to stop their shared enemy, Gabriel.
Other actors in supporting roles include Katy O’Brian, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Charles Parnell, and Mark Gatiss, all of whom have undisclosed roles as well.
A Climactic Arctic Battle
“It is a privilege to bring a breathtaking location like Svalbard to audiences,” says Tom Cruise in the new featurette. Some scenes in the film were shot in the beautiful ice caps of Svalbard, Norway, where extreme cold surrounds the cast. When they remove their gloves, even just for a few seconds, it feels like the cold will freeze their fingers.
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The beautiful landscape is home to unique Arctic wildlife like polar bears and reindeer, and above all, it’s a location where climate studies are conducted and visitors can see the midnight sun and polar nights.
Catch Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in theatres this May and see what the sum of Ethan’s choices becomes.