Mission: Impossible III - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[lena]

" Mission Impossible III " was Tom Cruise's eighth movie in a row to gross over $100m domestically.

[phyllis]

The scenic rural Chinese village at the end of the film is not located in Shanghai, but is actually the ancient town of Xitang in the Zhejiang Province, located approximately ninety kilometers away. The night scenes involving skyscrapers were actually shot in Shanghai, however.

[terry]

Keri Russell trained for three months in preparation for her big action scenes.

[lonnie]

After the success of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Simon Pegg was asked whether he was going to be pursuing a career in Hollywood, to which he laughed and replied "It's not like I'm going to be in Mission: Impossible III".

[wallace]

David Fincher was first slated to direct, but dropped out to produce Lords of Dogtown (2005), which he also dropped out of directing. The basic storyline of the version on which he was working dealt with black market trade of body parts in Africa.