#mission impossible dead reckoning part two

[boasamishipper]

@AMPTP you will Pay for this

[im-your-new-quartermaster]

when christopher mcquarrie said that the only thing that scared him now was what they have planned for mission 8... MCQ CHOSE TO SPEAK FACTS like. what now? are they gonna catapult ethan into the sun or

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

“It may be a while before we get to discover more about the Best Served Cold adaptation, but we certainly will see a lot of Ferguson before the project comes to life. The actor will return in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two (which is expected to premiere in theaters on June 28, 2024, but that could change) and is expected to return for Season 2 of Silo, which Apple renewed last week.”

[doodlerdoodle]

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[youronebraincell]

You’d think a broker who got played would be somewhat satisfied hearing such reassuring words. But Alanna says nothing.

Because it involves Grace, the woman she herself handpicked for some reason.

[brendaonao3]

"At the start of this movie (MI7), I said to Tom, 'What do you want to do?...He said, 'I want to drive a motorcycle off of a cliff. What do you want to do?'

And I said, 'I want to wreck a train.'

- Chris McQuarrie and Tom Cruise proving to each other (and us) that they are truly Meant For Each Other

[boasamishipper]

@saltyfilmmajor and me

[mlady-magnolia]

Y’all, can we talk about how talented an actress Vanessa Kirby is? She managed to portray the smooth, seductive, mastermind of Alanna Mitsopolis and then a terrified, naive Grace in disguise at the flip of a switch and I don’t see nearly enough attention about that! When Grace was checking her appearance in the mirror while wearing Alanna’s face? Vanessa captured her mannerisms and emotions perfectly!

[nade2308]

I love them so much, Your Honor

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 trailer

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[rebeccalouisaferguson]

Warning: This article contains full spoilers for Dune: Part 2 and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning.

In case you haven’t noticed, Dune is on top of the world right now. The much acclaimed and very lucrative second installment, Dune: Part 2, wraps up Denis Villeneuve’s take on the first book in Frank Herbert’s iconic science-fiction saga, setting the stage for the all but inevitable next film to tackle the second book, Dune Messiah. As IMAX theaters continue to fill up with Dune fans eager for a close-up look at Shai-Hulud, studio executives all over Hollywood will certainly be looking at what happened here to see if they can replicate Dune’s success with future projects. Beyond “letting directors make the movies they want to make” and “audiences are getting tired of formulaic franchise movies with dull visuals,” there’s one other element that stands out as a bit easier to implement…

The obvious answer is to cast Rebecca Ferguson in your movie.

Looking back at Ferguson’s Lady Jessica in both Dune Parts 1 and 2, she stands out not just as the best performance among an incredibly stacked cast, but also as a critical part of the film’s press tour through her chaotic energy and memeable personality. How did this Swedish sensation secure her place as the MVP of the Dune franchise? Let’s take a look.

That’s Mother (of the Messiah)

Over the course of both Dune films, which run about five hours in total, we run into a wide array of colorful characters played by a murderer’s row of Hollywood’s current top talent. However, many of the characters are either exclusive to one installment, go long stretches of the runtime without being seen, and in some special cases like Anya Taylor-Joy’s appearance as Alia, are clearly setups for films yet to come. Even Zendaya as Chani, who is credited as co-lead in Part 2, is restricted mostly to a handful of dream sequences in Part 1. However, the one character relationship that exists as the strongest throughline from the beginning of Paul Atreides’ journey all the way to its culmination in this first story is that of Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica of the Bene Gesserit.

n a film where many of the emotional beats can get drowned out a bit by the expansive backdrops and dour atmosphere, the foundational scenes of Part 1 illustrating the contradictory relationship between mother and son stand out as some of the film’s best. Jessica bore Paul out of love for his father, Leto, consciously choosing to grant him a son when she was instructed to do otherwise, and she cares for Paul’s safety above all others. At the same time, she is also a cunning manipulator who has been training Paul in the superhuman abilities of her order against their wishes, and grooming him for a dark destiny that the young Atreides spends much of the two films hoping to avoid. Jessica is simultaneously driven by a genuine love for her son and a desire to facilitate his rise to power, and Ferguson walks the razor-wire line between these two aspects with pinpoint precision.

This continues into Part 2, where we see Jessica step into an even more overtly villainous role as she schemes her way into assuming the mantle of Reverend Mother of the Fremen. Her relationship with Paul becomes more antagonistic as she sets in motion the events that will lead to his accepting the role of Lisan al Gaib and challenging the Emperor, to the point of even being deemed a traitor to the Bene Gesserit despite ostensibly doing what they wanted by bringing the Kwisatz Haderach into existence. That Jessica has any sympathy from the audience – despite being a eugenicist and megalomaniac who usurped the religious leadership of an indigenous culture so her son could claim dominion of the universe almost purely out of her own vanity – all comes down to Ferguson imbuing her with inner life and dimension that makes us feel like we understand her even when the script doesn’t actually give us every detail about her motivations.

From her recurring role as Ilsa Faust in the Mission: Impossible movies to portraying main villain Rose the Hat in Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep, and now playing Lady Jessica in the Dune films, Ferguson has always been at her best when she takes on characters with a darker edge to their persona that she can contrast with her natural charm. Although Ilsa is more heroic than the other two, all three of these roles intrigue the audience, and the other characters they interact with, through seductive ambiguity, something Ferguson is better at than most of her contemporaries. But what makes this all the more interesting is that she’s seemingly an entirely different person off-camera, and one who is just as important to Dune’s success.

Princess of the Press Tour

As with all things, the true measure of a film’s success in the modern age is how many memes it spawns on social media. From one filmgoer riding a homemade sandworm at his local AMC to jokes about Stilgar’s somewhat overzealous dedication to his prophet, there’s no shortage of humor from fans sharing their responses to Villeneuve’s latest epic. However, one member of the cast is bringing her own brand of comedy to the party, and that’s none other than Rebecca Ferguson, who has taken to promotional interviews with an energy that can best be described as somewhere along a spectrum between “unconventional” and “frankly chaotic.” Not that there’s anything wrong with her having a goofy side to her; on the contrary, the impression she’s made on social media indicates she’s become a true fan favorite because of her behavior.

At a time when press tours are increasingly filled with inane questions and too many influencers at the expense of journalists, clips of Ferguson’s interviews where she reveals just how little of a filter she has have been one of the unsung joys of Part 2’s release. From admitting she still hasn’t read the novel even after making two movies, to texting Denis Villeneuve mid-interview to ask him the answer to a question she didn’t know, to even referencing MGM’s history of the casting couch after learning about the Dune popcorn bucket, Ferguson’s refreshing honesty and hilarious affability have stood out from the crowd amidst so many celebrities who have had much of their personalities sanded down by media training. These and other clips have been making the rounds online, keeping Dune-related media in the cultural conversation.

Given that many lesser films make “the mother of the main character” into a thankless role, Ferguson jumping in and stealing the show both on-screen and off is a reminder of how strange it is that so few Hollywood films have taken advantage of her talent. It also brings to mind how boneheaded of a move it was for the Mission: Impossible franchise to kill Ilsa off in such a haphazard way in Dead Reckoning. Now, to be fair, Ferguson has indicated she wanted to move on from the franchise after three installments, but there had to be a better send-off for her than to die mid-film in an incredibly hamfisted manner. We’re still interested in whatever happens next with the M: I franchise, but it’s a shame that an otherwise fine movie in Dead Reckoning is marred by how one of its star players was treated.

Regardless, it’s Mission’s loss and Dune’s gain, and paves the way for Ferguson to take on even more roles in the future. As Dune: Part 2 continues to gain accolades and box office momentum in part because of her contributions, hopefully the rest of Hollywood will follow in Villeneuve’s footsteps and clue in that this is one star worth investing in.

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WE’VE OFFICIALLY GOT A POSTER YOU GUYS

[rqsser]

rebecca ferguson i’m so in love with you

[doodlerdoodle]

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Saving the world has never been so much fun. ❤️

[marisatomay]

just remembered something delicious …watch this space

[liverpool-enjoyer]

rewatching rogue nation w my mom n screaming SLAYYYY every time ilsa so much as breathes

[boasamishipper]

hiiiii, 14 or 19 for the wip game?

i've got someone else asking for #14, so #19 it is:

Ethan couldn’t keep quiet any longer. “Those things’ll kill you, you know.”

If Briggs was surprised by Ethan’s company, he didn’t show it. Didn’t even turn around. “Yeah. So I’ve heard.” Ethan watched him fumble with the lighter a few seconds longer; heard him make a noise of triumph when he finally got it to work. The tension in his shoulders eased infinitesimally as he took a long drag, exhaling slowly, but Ethan still caught the trembling of his hands. “Still, I figure…special circumstances, you know?”

The question didn’t seem to require an answer. Ethan chanced taking a step forward, and then another, joining Briggs at the railing and looking out at the horizon. A cold wind rippled through the air, but Briggs didn’t seem to notice. Ethan wondered if he’d been like the other kids Ethan had grown up with; the type of boy who had refused to wear a jacket even when the temperature dropped below zero and your boots disappeared into the snow. Instead of that, Ethan found himself asking, “Does Hardback smoke?”

Briggs shook his head. Ethan figured that was all he’d get, but was pleasantly surprised when Briggs said more. “He used to rake me over the coals for it. Talked nonstop about my chances of getting lung cancer, heart disease, diabetes, COPD, you name it. If I got a fucking hangnail, he’d connect it back to the cigarettes. So I said to him once, you know, odds in our line of work are I’ll go out from a stray bullet or get hit by a bus before lung cancer takes me out, but Clarence, uh.” Briggs faltered, cleared his throat. “He got pissed off, and we went back and forth for a while, and then he said, uh, he said he’d rather lose me all at once than have to watch me waste away.”

Ethan stayed silent. Didn’t even breathe.

“He was right,” Briggs said after a while. His laugh was sharp at the edges, raw like a torn cuticle. “This way is worse.”

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