{"id":2569,"date":"2025-01-03T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kawsachunnews.com\/w\/mission-impossible-star-does-her-own-stunts-hair-catches-fire\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T07:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T11:59:01","slug":"mission-impossible-star-does-her-own-stunts-hair-catches-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kawsachunnews.com\/w\/mission-impossible-star-does-her-own-stunts-hair-catches-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Impossible Star Does Her Own Stunts \u2013 Hair Catches Fire!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Keri Russell recalls her iconic shootout scene with Tom Cruise in \u201cMission: Impossible III,\u201d including some odd advice from Cruise about what to do if her hair caught fire\u2026<\/p>\n

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Keri Russell, star of “Mission: Impossible III,” reminisces about filming one of the movie’s most thrilling scenes and the advice given by Tom Cruise during the intense shootout. Directed by J.J. Abrams, this third installment of the popular franchise hit theaters in 2006, featuring Cruise reprising his role as the super-spy Ethan Hunt. Russell played the role of Hunt\u2019s trainee, Lindsey Farris. Right from the start, her skills were put to the test in a lengthy sequence where Hunt rescues her from a heavily guarded industrial complex.<\/p>\n

In a recent video interview with Variety, where Russell was asked to recall lines from her films, she discussed the filming of “Mission: Impossible III” and particularly remembered a stunt where she and Cruise had to jump onto a moving van as a building exploded behind them. She shared the advice her co-star, known for performing his own stunts, gave her about what to do if her hair caught fire from the explosion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEpic shootout scene. Epic. Oh my God. First of all, Tom Cruise does most of his stunts himself, so since you can see his face, I had to do it too. Like jumping from a building that\u2019s about to blow up, landing on top of a van as it drives away. And he says, ‘Listen, if we jump and your hair catches fire, just shake it off.’ I was like, ‘OK, really?’ P.S.: I have a lot more hair than he does!\u201d she recounted with a laugh.<\/p>\n

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Russell then recalled the filming of the shootout, a scene where she had to catch a gun thrown by Cruise and then continue firing at their enemies. It was a particularly challenging weapon toss that the film\u2019s director, J.J. Abrams, wanted to achieve using CGI. However, Cruise insisted on doing it for real.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think it was about this line, Tom is supposed to look at me and then in slow motion, throw a magazine or a gun, I\u2019m not even sure. And then I catch it and do a badass move. J.J. said, \u2018No, so what you\u2019re going to do is he\u2019s going to pretend to throw it and then we\u2019ll overlay something in CGI. So just make your hand like this.\u2019 And Tom says, \u2018No, no, no, she can do it.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Tom, I can\u2019t.\u2019 So he said, \u2018We\u2019ll do one take, we\u2019ll do one. We\u2019ll see if she can do it.\u2019 And I did. It was so cool.”<\/p>\n

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If Tom Cruise thinks you can do something, then maybe it\u2019s true: that\u2019s what happened for Keri Russell. And the outcome was perfect!<\/p>\n

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Check out her comments (with clips from the scene in question) in the video below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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keri talking about mi3 and that epic shot she did ONCE pic.twitter.com\/1kNEx31KFD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 joha (@joxantonelli) October 17, 2024<\/a>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Mission Impossible III” is available for streaming on Paramount +.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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