Twenty years ago, "Mission: Impossible II" hit our screens. And thanks to a video made for the MTV Movie Awards, we discovered the lining of Tom Cruise: Tom Crooze, played by Ben Stiller.
Originally, the Mission: Impossible saga was conceived as a gigantic playground. As much for Tom Cruise, its producer and main actor, as for the directors who have to follow one another behind the camera to affix their paw on each episode. . The thriller against a background of paranoia, voyeurism and reflection on the image of Brian De Palma has therefore succeeded the lyricism and virtuosity of John Woo, author of a second opus released in the summer of 2000 and richer in action than its predecessor. And so in cascades, all performed by the main performer. Or almost, as revealed by this bonus available on DVD editions, which presented us his double: Tom Crooze, alias Ben Stiller.
The look, the way of talking and laughing, the name ... Ben Stiller is an almost perfect understudy, and the video made for the MTV Movie Awards 2000 even reveals his appearances (oddly cut during the editing) in others. films of the star, from Risky Business to Magnolia to Cocktail. A sketch in which John Woo and Tom Cruise himself participate, for a small self-mockery number that prefigures his cameo in Austin Powers 3 and especially his performance in Tonnerre in the tropics where, unrecognizable, he plays the irascible producer Les Grossman, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2009, won by Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight.
A colorful performance with a memorable final dance that the performer of Ethan Hunt performed in front of the camera of Ben Stiller, who obviously likes to call on Tom Cruise when it comes to making fun of Hollywood . When will the pass of three, after Mission: Impossible II and Thunder in the tropics?
The hidden details of "Mission: Impossible II":