Mission: Impossible Was Almost Very Different Thanks to One Character | News World

It’s easy to forget that the Mission: Impossible movies are rooted in an old TV show. After all, today the franchise is known for Tom Cruise’s elaborate stuntwork, not constant reminders of 1960s pop culture. Plus, many of the franchise’s most famous modern characters like Benji and Ilsa Faust are newly created concoctions, not rejiggerings of staples of the old TV show. Yet, despite these realities, the entire Mission: Impossible saga is rooted in a CBS TV show of the same name that ran from 1966 to 1973. This was slightly more apparent with the 1996 movie that kicked off this whole film franchise, which did employ a pivotal character from the original TV program.

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