Henry Cavill’s most popular roles include appearances in Man of Steel and The Witcher as well as CIA agent August Walker in Mission: Impossible 6 – Fallout. Thanks to an iconic gesture, one of the action scenes from the film became particularly well known. The star has now revealed that the move was entirely improvised. And he was ashamed of her.
Henry Cavill’s iconic action gesture was actually a warm-up exercise
It’s about a move that Walker performs during a brawl in a restroom. It’s a bit reminiscent of a loosening exercise. or a reload movement. For the poor.
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Now, on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor explained that the gesture wasn’t in the script and he was ashamed of her.
We’ve been shooting this scene for three weeks [und] I had to warm up my muscles somehow. I made [die Bewegung] and thought, “That sure looked really stupid.” I said yes [Regisseur Christopher McQuarrie]: “Sorry, I won’t do that again.” At the next take, he said, “Why didn’t you do that move? That was really good!”
McQuarrie had the right nose. The reload gesture has become a viral phenomenon. Mission: Impossible lead actor Tom Cruise never tired of repeatedly encouraging his co-star to do the move on press tours (via YouTube).
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