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Scarlett Johansson trained with Tom Cruise for ‘Mission: Impossible III,’ and this photo from the set proves it
The famous actress, who played Black Widow in the MCU, almost joined the “M:I” saga but dropped out of the role.
Tom Cruise has always surrounded himself with charismatic actors and actresses for his famous ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise, which has just closed after almost 30 years with its latest installment, ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning‘. The films have featured such actors as Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jon Voight, Anthony Hopkins, Michelle Monaghan, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby or Henry Cavill, among others, have paraded among its different films. Although the ‘M:I’ franchise could have counted on another superstar like Scarlett Johansson, Oscar nominated twice and responsible for playing Black Widow for years in the MCU. She even trained with Tom Cruise on the set of ‘Mission: Impossible 3’, although she eventually dropped out of the project.
Scarlett Johansson with Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible’
In the early 2000s, Scarlett Johansson began to emerge with several successful films, although the actress admitted that during that time she felt typecast in Hollywood as a “sex object”. In 2005, however, she starred in Michael Bay‘s explosive action thriller The Island alongside Ewan McGregor, proving that she was more than just a pretty face. It was around that time that Johansson caught the attention of Tom Cruise, just at the time when he was already working on the third part of ‘Mission: Impossible’. And he called her to be part of the cast.
However, Johansson ultimately turned down her role in ‘Mission: Impossible 3’ even though she even got to train in action scenes with Tom Cruise on set: “We had contractual differences. It’s a shame, because I rehearsed with Tom Cruise for a long time and I loved working with him. He’s a sweetheart. I went to one of the Scientology centers with him,” the actress explained at the time.
“I’ve worked with a lot of Scientologists, so I know a bit about it. [Tom] is really enthusiastic about it, and when you’re working with someone, you want to see what makes them tick,” the famous actress went on to explain. Finally, Johansson opted in the mid-2000s for other films such as ‘Scoop‘, ‘The Black Dahlia‘, ‘The Prestige’ or ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona‘, making the final leap to the action genre with films like ‘The Spirit’ (2008) and ‘Iron Man 2’ (2010).
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