Making the Mission: Impossible movies was clearly a difficult task. Each ensuing entry in the franchise had increasingly complex stunts as Tom Cruise continued to find new ways to impress audiences by putting his body on the line. Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning had some incredibly complex physical sequences, but director Christopher McQuarrie says none of them were the hardest part of the new movie, or his time on the franchise.
Speaking with Empire, Christopher McQuarrie says “the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do” wasn’t filming the incredible biplane sequence at the end of The Final Reckoning or the beautifully put together submarine sequence. It was actuallu editing the first act of the film, which had so much it needed to accomplish in a brief period, that it took a lot of work. The director explained…
