Glen Powell has hilarious response to rumors he will replace Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible: "That's the worst gig in town"
Nov. 13, 2024Glen Powell most likely won’t be taking over from Tom Cruise
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It looks like Glen Powell won’t be taking over Mission: Impossible from Tom Cruise after all.
Following the release of the trailerfor Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, which seems to set-up an ending for the long-running franchise, scooper The InSneider claimed that Cruise wanted Powell to take over from him going forwards.
But, thanks to ESPN’sPat McAfee, we now know that’s not the case. “My mom would never let me do that,” Powell said. “That’s the worst gig in town, everybody knows that. That’s a death trap.”
Cruise notoriously does his own death-defying stunts, meaning the role of Ethan Hunt is indeed a risky one to take over. Cruise and Powell will be seen together on screen again in Top Gun 3, however.Director Joseph Kosinski and co-star Miles Teller will also be returning for more.
“I mean, I have a date,“Powell revealedon theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast of the Top Gun threequel.
“We had preliminary stuff,” producerJerry Bruckheimer recently told GamesRadar+ of the film. “We’re not there yet. [There’s] ways to go.”
As for Mission: Impossible, the trailer for the movie certainly has a feeling of finality to it, which is helped by that dramatic title. Could this be the end of the road for Ethan Hunt? Time will tell.
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I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
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