Light The Fuse - The Official Mission: Impossible Podcast

Here it is! The moment you’ve been waiting for! For our 200th episode we are joined by Tom Cruise himself! But that’s not all, we are also joined by “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning” writer/director Christopher McQuarrie, editor Eddie Hamilton and actors Mark Gatiss and Nick Offerman. Plus, we get a cameo from “Top Gun: Maverick” stars Glen Powell, Greg Tarzan Davis and Danny Ramirez. This episode is very much worth the wait!

Let’s go back to (almost) the beginning with our very in-depth conversation with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie. In this episode, McQuarrie talks about his involvement in “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” how that wound up with him directing “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” and finally about the just-released (at the time) “Mission: Impossible – Fallout.” It’s a wonderful chat with one of our favorite people.

This episode was originally released in December 2018.

You can own “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning” on digital and 4K HD, Blu-ray and DVD now.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for part two of our chat with podcast host, comedian and producer Paul Scheer! On this week’s episode we talk about how much Paul loves “Rogue Nation,” what his favorite in the series is, and we get some delicious details about what it was like filming “Piranha 3D” (a Charles and Drew favorite). Plus we talk a lot about Tom Cruise’s hair (obviously).

Moments before the Rome world premiere of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”, Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt) and Christopher McQuarrie (co-writer & director) join us to discuss the highly anticipated film. Hear what was so frustrating about the scene where Tom does close-up magic. Plus, we chat with Shea Whigham (Briggs), Greg Tarzan Davis (Degas), Eddie Hamilton (editor), Esai Morales (Gabriel), and even Henry Czerny, who played Kittridge himself, all from the red carpet. Not bad huh?

See “Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One” ONLY in theatres July 12th. Catch up on the entire Mission: Impossible film series on Paramount+.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready, because we conclude our chat with Maggie Q, who played Zhen Lei in “Mission: Impossible III!” This week we go in depth on the Vatican sequence, including the nuns in bikinis and Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s athleticism. Plus, learn about her connection to “Lost,” what J.J. Abrams thought the rabbit’s foot was, and how many sequels Maggie was invited back for. And yes, the dogs are here too!