While Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningthe 8th part of the franchise, is expected for 2025, rumors suggest that Tom Cruise could be replaced in the next films in the saga. The actor concerned reacted!
Is the end of an era being confirmed? While it’s hard to imagine an actor other than Tom Cruise in Mission : Impossiblewe may have to prepare ourselves psychologically for this possibility. The first film in the franchise was launched in 1996 and, since then, the actor has always played the starring role of Ethan Hunt. While the eighth feature film in the franchise, titled Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningis scheduled for 2025, the official trailer which was recently revealed revives rumors about the fact that this would be Ethan Hunt’s last adventure in the cinema. And this is not the only speculation because another rumor is circulating: Tom Cruise would like Glen Powell to replace him in the saga Mission : Impossible.
Will Glen Powell replace Tom Cruise in the franchise? Mission : Impossible ? The actor responds to the rumors!
Pat McAfee, the commentator for ESPN, an American sports television channel, took advantage of his show The Pat McAfee Show, broadcast on November 12, 2024, to call Glen Powell and ask him the question directly. During this FaceTime conversation, Pat McAfee told the actor: “We just wanted to call you and congratulate you, brother“. Glen Powell seemed to deny the rumor by confiding: “My mother would never let me do that. Mission: Impossible is the worst job ever, everyone knows that. It’s a death trap.” With these comments, the actor is obviously referring to the fact that Tom Cruise himself performs his own stunts for the franchise. The star has in fact suspended himself, among other things, from the side of a moving plane, climbed the tallest building in the world and drove a motorcycle off a cliff before parachuting Did Glen Powell really just deny the rumors If it was never officially announced that Tom Cruise would star in the. Last time agent Ethan Hunt, the commentator did not believe the actor’s words because he exclaimed: “He lies“.
Glen Powell and Tom Cruise have already starred together in the sequel to a cult film which was a hit at the cinema
If Glen Powell’s name is at the center of the rumors, it’s not for nothing. In fact, the actor starred alongside Tom Cruise in Top Gun : Maverick. In this feature film, the two actors also performed many stunts themselves. Tom Cruise even gave Glen Powell some not very elegant but effective advice to adjust his performance. In 2024, Glen Powell played the main role in the action film Twisters and, during the premiere, Tom Cruise was present. The latter took advantage of this event to post a photo of him and Glen Powell on his Instagram account. “Nice evening with friends, watching a film“, wrote in the caption the star of Mission : Impossible. Tom Cruise and Glen Powell, a bromance that seems to last! But to the point that the latter replaces him in the cult franchise?
