12 Things You Didn’t Know About the ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movies
We’ve already told you about Tom Cruise’s most dangerous Mission: Impossible stunts — but the star’s breathtaking feats aren’t the only amazing thing about his action-packed franchise. With Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation coming to theaters on July 31, Yahoo Movies presents twelve fascinating facts about super-spy Ethan Hunt’s big-screen adventures. Watch the video above.
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If you’re looking for trivia to impress your movie date, you may want to talk about how Rogue Nation’s villainous organization “The Syndicate” was borrowed from the 1966 Mission: Impossible TV series. You can also dazzle your companion with crazy facts about Cruise’s derring-do — like how the knife that dangles a quarter-inch from his eye Mission: Impossible 2 is real, or how he kept his balance in the famous Mission:Impossible ceiling-drop scene by putting coins in his shoes. And can your date guess which film in the franchise was the last movie to be released on Betamax? If not, they’re buying the popcorn.
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