Sequel Casting: Angela Bassett Joins ‘Mission: Impossible 6’; Sally Hawkins Returns For ‘Godzilla: King Of Monsters’
Christopher McQuarrieis now shooting the sixthMission: Impossiblefilm. JoiningTom Cruise, a mustachioedHenry Cavill,Rebecca Ferguson, and the rest of the gang is the one and onlyAngela Bassett. In other casting news,Sally Hawkinswill return as Vivienne Graham inGodzilla: King of the Monsters.
Below, learn more about theMission: Impossible 6cast and the nextGodzillafilm.
Deadlinereports Bassett will play the director of the C.I.A. in the sequel. She’s taking over the job for Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin), who’s now the IMF Secretary. Like most of the casting news for this sequel, little is said about Bassett’s role, but she’ll act alongsideSean Harris,Vanessa Kirby,Simon Pegg, andVing Rhames. Not returning isJeremy Renner, due to Marvel commitments. We’ll next see Bassett inBlack Pantherand a new Ryan Murphy series,911.
The only solid info we have on the sequel, which started shooting on April 8, is it’ll dig a little deeper under Ethan Hunt’s (Tom Cruise) skin,according toChristopher McQuarrie:
I want to know who Ethan is in this movie, I want an emotional journey for this character, and Tom really embraced it. I don’t want to string together a bunch of action scenes, I want to actually deal with character. So I put Ethan in a bunch of complicated moral quandaries, and I’m trying to find ways to connect them – and then, ironically, the way to connect them was through giant action scenes.
We also know there’s a sequence Cruise has been training a year for one sequence, which might involve somemassive fall.
As forGodzilla: King of the Monsters, hopefully, co-writer/directorMichael Doughertybeefed up the role of Vivienne Graham for the sequel. Sally Hawkins, likeKen Watanabe, was mostly tasked with exposition, but never had a line quite as good Watanabe’s “Let them fight.” She’s a great actress, and how little she was given to do inGodzillawas disappointing.
How significant of a role she’ll play in the sequel, which starsMillie Bobby Brown,Kyle Chandler, andVera Farmigaas a family, is unknown. What we do know is we’ll see her later this year in Guillermo del Toro’sThe Shape of Waterand that she’s boarding theGodzillasequel withCharles Dance(Game of Thrones).Deadlinedoesn’t have any details on Dance’s role.
Mission: Impossible 6opens in theatersJuly 27, 2018.Godzilla: The King of Monstersopens in theatersMarch 22, 2019.
