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Two things that have remained constant throughout all the Mission: Impossibleentries are Tom Cruise’s awe-inspiring stunt works and Ving Rhames’ Luther Stickell. With the eighth installment on the way, things aren’t looking to shift much, both for Stickell and Cruise’s death-defying stunts.
Reflecting on the longevity of his stint, Rhames once credited theMIlead for sticking with his character, as the case of Luther was an anomaly, given Hollywood’s history with minority characters.
Mission: ImpossibleBent the Infamous Trope With Ving Rhames’ Luther
For a prolonged period, minority characters were relegated to being cannon fodders, especially in the horror genre, which eventually amounted to the infamous trope of black characters being killed off early. Although things have changed a lot, major horror and action IPs still struggled to shift away from this trope in the ’90s. Fortunately, this wasn’t the case withMission: Impossible, arguably one of the best action franchises to date.
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Ahead ofRogue Nation‘s release,Ving Rhames, who has been playing the role of Luther Stickell for close to 30 years now,creditedCruise for bending the trope and sticking with him in all the releases.
First of all I thank Tom Cruise because it’s very good to be a part of something. I’ve known Tom Cruise like 18 years. So to think that the African American male is still alive in any sequel even if in the one before this one, I came in at the end of it, I applaud Tom… This may be the first time an African-American male is in any sequel five times. That’s history. That could be history… I’m saying that facetiously but if we really think about it that’s a rarity in the history of American film.
Although the record of a black character with the most appearances in a franchise currently belongs to Samuel L. Jackson, this doesn’t take away from Luther’s impact on theMIIP.
Mission: Impossible 8Will Once Again See Tom Cruise Excelling at Stunt Work
Apart from Rhames’ Luther, it seems we’re once again going to witness a jaw-dropping stunt fromTom CruiseinMI 8. TheJack Reacherstar, who previously took the world by storm byjumping off the cliffforMI 7, was recently seen filming in mid-air. The photos, obtained byDaily Mail, saw the actor hanging onto the side of a plane, while the production crew’s helicopter was observing closely.
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With fans ecstatic about the next entry in the long-running franchise, hopefully, this won’t be the last of Rhames as Luther Stickell.
Mission: Impossible 8is currently slated to hit theatres on 30 June 2025.
Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
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