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“That could be a real problem”: Star Wars Director Was Warned Before Working With Tom Cruise to Save $4B Franchise That Kicked Out Scarlett Johansson


While the entire Mission Impossible series is a major win, John Woo’s 2000’s Mission: Impossible II is a film that couldn’t seem to hit the mark. Following the release of Mission: Impossible, Cruise struggled to find the right story and director to continue the franchise for the third installment.
But in 2004, Mission: Impossible III got on track when it was announced that J.J. Abrams would take over as the director of the threequel. No doubt, Abrams’s Mission: Impossible III saved the franchise and he gave all the credit to the leading producer and actor of the film — Tom Cruise.

J.J. Abrams Gives Credits to Tom Cruise for the Success of Mission: Impossible IIIAbrams shared his experience working with Tom Cruise on the film, praising the actor for his role in his successful directorial debut. J.J. Abrams was previously known for TV work and made his feature directorial debut with Mission: Impossible III. This marked a significant step into a major franchise for Abrams as a first-time director.
In a behind-the-scenes video, director J.J. Abrams discussed the challenges associated with the movie and highlighted the influence of Tom Cruise’s commitment.

“Mission: Impossible 3′ was the first movie that I directed, and it was because Tom gave me the shot,” Abrams said, adding: “And I didn’t know what I was getting into, and people warned me, ‘Oh, the movie star is the producer, that could be a real problem.”
The director said that Cruise was much acquainted with the process of film-making and knew how to produce the best outcome:

“Look, I’m no filmmaker, but I know that if my first job involved working with Tommy Cruise, I’d be a little nervous. As it turns out, though, there was nothing to worry about. It could not have been less of a problem,” Abrams said, adding:
“Tom was as aware of the process of making the movie, of what it needed, as anyone I could’ve imagined. Every day I felt that he and I were in the trenches together in this incredible way where we were both sort of pulling each other up this mountain, and he wasn’t a movie star looking to do a vanity project. He was an incredibly focused, dedicated producer who also happened to be starring in the movie.”

The series is mainly led by Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF).
Scarlett Johansson and Kenneth Branagh were Kicked Out of Mission: Impossible IIITom Cruise started the Mission: Impossible franchise in 1996, which was his first venture as a producer. He was serious about kicking off this franchise and enlisted director Brian De Palma to turn the TV series into a film. Despite challenges during production, the first movie turned out to be a huge success.
For Mission: Impossible II, Cruise hired director John Woo to take the series in a different visual direction. That also resulted in a blockbuster hit, outgrossing the original by $100 million, with a worldwide total of $546.4 million.
Before J.J. Abrams took the lead for the third movie, Joe Carnahan had almost directed MI 3. Although big names, including Scarlett Johansson, Kenneth Branagh, and Carnahan, departed due to scheduling conflicts, Abrams brought his vision to this action franchise.
Despite this, the movie turned out well! Even Phillip Seymour Hoffman replaced Branagh as the main antagonist, acclaimed as the best villain in the franchise. The film’s success continued the franchise, and Abrams directed to continue more blockbusters like Star Wars, all sheer thanks goes to Tom Cruise’s dedication.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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