Somto Bisina2024’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two” has cast Hannah Waddingham, who plays Rebecca Welton on Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso.” Christopher McQuarrie, the writer of the two upcoming “Dead Reckoning” films, revealed the casting on his Instagram account on Friday.
He captioned the photo of Waddingham with a cryptic tease, writing “#GodSpeed #DeadReckoning.” The photo appeared to be a still from the upcoming film, though McQuarrie didn’t provide any additional context.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelTom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in this summer’s seventh, and penultimate, instalment of his long-standing, action-packed franchise. Variety previously reported that he was filming the eighth movie aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Adriatic Sea, which is where the photo of Waddingham appears to be taken.
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Waddingham joins the “Mission: Impossible” family as a newcomer. Stars Ving Rhames, who plays Luther Stickell, Simon Pegg’s Benjji Dunn and Rebecca Ferguson’s Ilsa Faust are all returning for “Dead Reckoning Part One.”
The seventh film has a few blasts from the past, including Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis, a black-market arms dealer who’s the daughter of Max Mitsopolis, played by Vanessa Redgraves in the first “Mission: Impossible” in 1996.
Henry Czerny also returns as Eugene Kittridge, the former director of the IMF who’s mysteriously back from the original “Mission: Impossible.” There’s also Hayley Atwell, Shea Wigham, Frederick Schmidt and Esai Morales, who plays the villain.
On “Ted Lasso,” Waddingham won an Emmy in 2021 for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series. Season 3 of the hit soccer comedy premieres on Apple TV+ on March 15.
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