Simon Pegg teasesMission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningas being the best installment yet in the franchise.Pegg first played Benji Dunn inMission Impossible IIIand reprised the role for every subsequentMission: Impossiblemovie.Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’s castonce again features Pegg as Benji and Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, with a story that continues from the previous movie,Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. The eighth movie was calledDead Reckoning Part Twountil the title was changed toThe Final Reckoning.Mission: Impossiblestar Shea Whigham also shared high praise for the long-awaited sequel.
While on theInside of You with Michael Rosenbaumpodcast,Pegg asserted thatThe Final Reckoningis the best movie yet in theMission: Impossibleseries. He described the upcoming movie as"bananas"and shared that he has finished filming all his scenes other than one day left of pickup shooting to do. Pegg also emphasized that his praise forThe Final Reckoningis not for promotional purposes but is genuinely how he feels about the movie. Check out his comments below:
I have just finished shooting. I have one day left of pickups to do. I’ve seen it. It’s bananas. It’s absolutely bananas. What he does in this one, it boggles the mind. I think this one is the best one ever. And I’m not just saying that because it’s like, “Oh, you’ve got to say that.” It is going to be great.
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The High Anticipation Is Further Heightened
BetweenDead Reckoning’s cliffhanger endingand the possibility of the next chapter being the end of Ethan’s story,The Final Reckoningalready has a great deal of anticipation surrounding it.Pegg further amplifies the anticipationwith his declaration that it will be the franchise’s all-time best movie. Since joiningMission: Impossible III, which was released in 2006, Pegg knows the franchise well and has been in the majority of the movies, which adds more credence to his praise ofThe Final Reckoningbeing the best yet.
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Changing the eighth movie’s title fromDead Reckoning Part TwotoThe Final Reckoningfurther poises it to be the last installment in Ethan’s journey. If this is the case,it would fit well for Cruise to ensure that Ethan’s ending is even more memorable than all the movies that preceded it.Cruise performing the most daring and visually stunning stunts yet would further explain Pegg describing the project as"bananas.“This description indicates that not only Ethan, but also Benji and allThe Final Reckoningcharacters' storieswill go in surprising and satisfying directions.
Our Take On Simon Pegg’s Comments
He Speaks As Both An Actor & Fan Of The Series
FromMission: ImpossibletoStar Trek, Pegg has a long history of being both an excellent actor and a genuine fan of the franchises he has starred in. This makeshis enthusiasm and high praise forThe Final Reckoningfeel all the more genuine. EveryMission: Impossiblemovie has a way of managing to outdo the action-packed thrills of the previous story, and based on Pegg’s comments, it seems as thoughMission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningwill successfully continue that trend.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Cast
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning follows Ethan Hunt and his team as they pursue a formidable AI called the Entity that has compromised global intelligence networks. With new allies and a haunting figure from Hunt’s past in pursuit, they must act quickly to avert a global catastrophe.
