Hayley Atwell has been kept “in the dark” about the real identity of her ‘Mission: Impossible’ character.
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The 41-year-old actress plays a professional thief named Grace in ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ – but director Christopher McQuarrie made a concerted effort to create an air of mystique around Hayley’s on-screen character.
The London-born actress – who stars in the movie alongside Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson – told Collider: “I asked McQ this and he just kind of looked at me. He gave me this look where he goes, ‘Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.’ I wish I knew, but it’s wise that they’re keeping me in the dark, as well, because it keeps me on my toes, too.”
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Meanwhile, Vanessa Kirby recently revealed that she relished the challenge of portraying Hayley’s character in ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’.
The movie features a face-swap between Vanessa’s black-market arms dealer Alanna Mitsopolis, aka the White Widow, and Hayley’s character Grace.
She told Variety: “It was so much fun. It was the first time two women have got to do that.
“It was such an amazing gift – because I love Hayley – to channel her and get to play her for a bit, and to get to play somebody that was totally out of control. My character is usually so restrained and composed and in control; it was really, really fun to play someone a bit scrappier and a bit messier. I’m naturally more messy in real life, so I felt more at home in that sense.”
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