Attention: Minor spoilers for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One ahead.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One has finally arrived in cinemas, marking a significant milestone for the franchise. While this won’t be Ethan Hunt’s final adventure, with Part Two set to release next summer, it feels like a pivotal moment for the series. The film showcases Ethan’s confrontation with his most formidable and influential enemy yet, raising the stakes to seemingly insurmountable levels. The future of the ninth installment remains intriguingly uncertain.
When it comes to completing the circle, no one encompasses this idea better than Henry Czerny in Dead Reckoning. After a 27-year absence, Czerny makes a triumphant return to the franchise, reprising his role as IMF and CIA director Eugene Kittridge. Undoubtedly, his character’s comeback is the most highly anticipated and rewarding.
The return of Czerny was so unexpected that he initially struggled to believe it. In an interview with Variety, the renowned actor recounted how he received the call while running errands, dismissing the notion of returning to the Mission: Impossible world.
“Initially, I thought it was a joke because my representatives called me while I was busy running errands in Los Angeles, battling through traffic or disposing of old tax documents. I thought to myself, ‘What’s really happening here?’ But they insisted, ‘Chris McQuarrie wants to discuss bringing back Kittridge.’ I took it seriously, and two days later, I found myself on a call with Chris McQuarrie.”
In the original Mission: Impossible, Kittridge served as an antagonist, mistakenly suspecting Ethan of being a mole in the IMF and relentlessly pursuing him. This time, Kittridge embraces his villainous side even more, becoming one of the interested buyers of the key to the immensely powerful AI known as the Entity. It’s evident that anyone seeking such power cannot be trusted.
From reluctant antagonist to deliberate villain, Czerny’s return is nothing short of poetic.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is currently showing in theaters.
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