Simon Pegg thinks ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ will be “the best one” in the series.
The 54-year-old actor is due to reprise his role as secret agent Benji Dunn - a character he has played since 2006’s ‘Mission: Impossible III’ - in the upcoming blockbuster, and has now teased the eighth and last movie in the franchise will be surpass fan expectations when it lands in cinemas next year.
During an appearance on the ‘Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum’ podcast, Pegg said: “I have just finished shooting. I have one day left of pick-ups to do. I've seen it. It's bananas. It's absolutely bananas.”
The ‘Hot Fuzz’ actor added his co-star Tom Cruise - who leads the films as Ethan Hunt - had worked on some huge stunts for the movie that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
He continued: “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.”
While he finds working on the ‘Mission: Impossible’ series “fun”, Pegg admitted production on the franchise can be “hard” and “sometimes arduous”.
And though he finds Cruise - who is also a producer on the movies alongside director Christopher McQuarrie - is "always very courteous" and often "cracks the whip" to keep things moving during filming, he also admitted his pal sometimes tries to put him off when the cameras start rolling.
The ‘Shaun of the Dead’ star shared: “He’s terrible when he’s in a great mood because he just gets really mischievous. He’ll always try and f*** me over on my coverage.
“There are days when I just see he gets that little glint in his eye and I’m like, ‘You don’t f****** dare man because I’m in this film too.’”
‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ - which also stars Haley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Hannah Waddingham and Ving Rhames - picks up immediately after the events of last year’s ‘Dead Reckoning’ as Ethan and his team attempt to stop an all-powerful artificial intelligence known as The Entity before it’s too late for global society.
