Tom Cruise And Christopher McQuarrie Thank Rome For Helping Pull Off Latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ As Movie World Premieres

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Tom Cruise and director/co-writer Christopher McQuarrie introduced the world premiere of Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in Rome on Monday evening.

Fresh from a stroll up the Spanish Steps in the heart of the city (a car chase in the film takes place on the famous stone staircase and in the Piazza di Spagne), Cruise and McQuarrie took the stage in the Auditorium della Conciliazione and in opening comments thanked “the people of Rome” and the local governments in Rome and Venice.Tom Cruise and Chris McQuarrie speak to the audience at the #MI7 world premiere in Rome pic.twitter.com/mgGJQFywAj McQuarrie said it was “unforgettable” filming the seventh film in the franchise in Italy, most coming during the Covid pandemic.

Cruise, who was indefatigable today in taking time with everyone on the red carpet (so much so the movie screening started later than planned because it was such a big day), recalled what it took to pull off the film. “Everyone knows when we shot this film here, and what was going on in the world,” he said onstage.

And had it not been for every person in the entire community, to work with us — all the way from the restaurants in the streets, the police everyone on the road to government and medical staff — to make sure that we’re all safe and to create what we’re going to create this evening,” he said. “I just want you to know every day we were on the phone and working together to keep everything going to bring work to people, to raise the bar to people.