Believe it or not, it’s been 18 years since the Mission: Impossible franchise launched. In 1996, director Brian De Palma first introduced us to Tom Cruise’s now famous Ethan Hunt and Ving Rhames’ Luther Stickell, who we’ve come to love in the years since.
Tomorrow, July 30, the fifth installment in the film series, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, hits the big screen and fans are gearing up for this summer’s most anticipated action film starring not just the fan favorites like Rhames, but fellow franchise veterans Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and new additions Rebecca Ferguson (Hercules), Sean Harris (Prometheus) and Alec Baldwin (Still Alice).
With all the buzz surrounding the flick, we’re highlighting five reasons why Rhames, who first gained critical acclaim for his role as Marsellus Wallace in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 blockbuster, Pulp Fiction is a franchise actor. Hit the flip to keep reading.
