Mission: Impossible II - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Mission: Impossible II or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Mission: Impossible II

[claude]

Tom cruise liked cold bananas on set.

[amber]

Sean Ambrose's (Dougray Scott) waterfront house on Sydney Harbour is not a real house. It was located at Bradley's Head, and was made of polystyrene, and demolished after the shoot.

[kenzi]

Tom Cruise offered the director's gig to John Woo after seeing Face/Off (1997).

[veronica]

The part of Mission Commander Swanbeck was originally offered to Sir Ian McKellen. He was not able to accept the role, due to a prior theatre engagement in London and the part eventually went to Sir Anthony Hopkins. McKellen's agent was stunned when he turned down a small supporting role. Had he accepted it, the costly overruns would have prevented him from playing Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and like Dougray Scott, he would also have missed out on X-Men (2000).

[phyllis]

The music track in the scene, in which Nyah picks up the injection gun and injects herself with the Chimera virus, was influenced by Metal Gear Solid (1998).

[lena]

Each director in the franchise has been asked to return for the sequel to their movies, all except for John Woo.

[kim]

The film was to be editor Tony Ciccone's big break as a studio co-editor. Unfortunately, a motorcycle accident he had a year into production prevented him from finishing this movie. He was given the lesser credit of Additional Editor. After the accident, it took almost a year of physical therapy for him to regain full use of his hands.

[ava]

Tom Cruise and John Woo clashed over some of the stunts as Woo wanted stunt doubles, and Cruise was adamant about doing them. He told Woo he didn't like "cheating" and that it's too easy to spot when the actor is being doubled because of body movement, timing, et cetera. It didn't help that Woo is afraid of heights. Woo admired Cruise's courage.

[kyle]

(At around thirty seconds) The building captioned as "Biocyte Pharmaceuticals" is really the Governor Phillip Tower, in Sydney, Australia.

[brent]

When Ethan Hunt is shot in the leg by Sean Ambrose and mumbles, it is obvious that it is not Tom Cruise mumbling, but Richard Roxburgh, which was added in post-production, and hints that it is not the real Ethan Hunt, but Hugh Stamp disguised as Ethan Hunt.

[michele]

This installment features the highest amount of mask wearing in any Mission: Impossible movie. Ambrose (Dougray Scott) wears an Ethan mask twice, Stamp (Richard Roxburgh) wears an Ethan mask, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) wears both a Stamp mask and a Nekhorvich (Rade Serbedzija) mask.

[kristen]

The sunglasses Tom Cruise wears in the motorcycle chase are Oakley Fives. They are black frames with gray lenses. The Oakleys were painted black, whereas commercial models were white or silver in color. Along with the Romeos featured at the beginning of this movie, this is the only Mission: Impossible movie to feature two pairs of glasses from Oakley, Inc.

[ivan]

Tom Cruise offered Brian De Palma the chance to direct this movie, but De Palma declined.

[stephanie]

Tom Cruise and John Woo attended a test screening of this movie in Warrenville, Illinois.

[lonnie]

Because of the production overrunning significantly, Thandie Newton was forced to drop out of Charlie's Angels (2000).

[kyle]

John Woo's first PG-13 film.