Angela Bassett just admitted she had no intentions of doing any stunts for the upcoming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
The 66-year-old actress would mark her return as the franchise’s US President Erika Sloane in the upcoming part and revealed she is glad she didn’t have to perform any stunts along side her co-star, Tom Cruise.
Speaking to HeyUGuys.com, Angela said, “There is no part of me whatsoever that thinks that, dreams that, hopes that and longs for that.
“I am gobsmacked by that (Cruise’s stunts),” she added.
Angela first starred in the series back in 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout and explained that she was stunned to be offered the role.
When asked that if it was Tom who approached her, the actress replied, “I got a phone call from my agent… I suppose he called her or his people called my people.”
“I got a phone call, I remember I was at home, I was in my kitchen. I picked up my phone and it was like, ‘Hey, they want you to come and do Mission: Impossible and I was like, The animated series? I’m thinking of some other Mission: Impossible – no, the Mission: Impossible,” Angela hilariously admitted.
Gushing over being a part of the Mission: Impossible franchise, before concluding, Angela Basset said, “It is among the most exciting. It’s humungous, global.”
“The audiences have been there from the beginning so to come into the franchise at number six and not drag it down… it’s been a very, very special experience,” she concluded.
