I remember walking into the trailer before we had to rearrange things and was talking toNicholas Hoult.
I felt like an old veteran.
Im four movies in, its his first one.
I was hearing about him getting certain training regimes.
I was like, How come I dont get one of those?
Ive done four of these!
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What am I, chopped liver?
But it was funny to be the old hand, Pegg said.
I felt likeVing [Rhames]must have felt when I met him on number 3.
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Now hes 6 in.
Its become a tradition now.
Before production McQuarrie takes me out to dinner and acts out the whole movie.
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And sometimes what hes told me hasnt transpired, Pegg explained.
But with this one he has a much clearer idea.
Its nice to have that job security.
Hes an incredibly generous performer.
He cares a lot about everybody else.
He also gets to see a side of the performer that we never will: the real person.
Ive always had a good experience with Tom.
You know youre working on something which is going to be executed with 100% committed and enthusiasm.
Its nice to have that as the standard.
But would Benji get a mask gag inMission: Impossible 7orMission: Impossible 8?
That was one of the great things that McQ played the long game on, in terms of Benji.
InGhost Protocol, he wants to use a mask and in the end he cant.
InRogue Nation, theres a hypothetical scene where hes wearing a mask but he never gets to do it.
So theres this running gag that Benji never gets to wear a mask, Pegg said.
And inFalloutI wear two I got to beWolf Blitzer, which was really fun because Wolf was on set.
We had this fake news gag which was ahead of his time.
And then Benji is disguised as another character.
I think its been done.
I was a bit disappointed because it was a moment I thought was really cool.
And Chris said, What do you miss about that moment?
I said, Id like Benji to do something cool and not be the nerd guy.
So Chris wrote the scene where I shoot the character fighting withJeremy Renner, Pegg said.
Finally they relented after McQuarrie made a convincing argument for its inclusion.
Pegg continued: So it became a thing, like, when am I going to wear a mask?
We did that thing inRogue Nationand it was three films before we paid it off.
It was a smart thing to do, to hold some things back.
Hes a clever boy.
So there you have it: from initial disappointment became one of the franchises very best gags.
