In Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Holt McCallany doesn’t get to jump out of any planes. He doesn’t get to participate in any high-stakes heists, and he doesn’t even talk to Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt much. He does, however, get to say one of the movie’s best lines: “You gave him an aircraft carrier?”
It’s the kind of role that the Mindhunter and Iron Claw star is used to, as a longtime character actor and recognizable That Guy. In fact, while speaking to Inverse for the digital release of The Final Reckoning, McCallany recalled another supporting role in which a single line reading earned him the kind of recognition you’d expect of a lead.
