The upcoming seventh and eighth “Mission: Impossible” films are in the works and one of the best bits of casting news regarding the projects was the announcement of the return of Henry Czerny’s Eugene Kittridge from the first film back in 1996.
However, we haven’t heard yet about the possibility of any other returnees that could show up, especially some of the key female supporting characters from previous entries like Thandie Newton’s Nyah Nordoff-Hall or Paula Patton’s Jane Carter.
One of the most well-received elements of the third film in the series, aside from bad guy Philip Seymour Hoffman, was the inclusion of Maggie Q as IMF agent Zhen Lei. The high kicking actress has been a staple on TV in the past decade or so with “Nikita” and “Designated Survivor” along with big-screen films like “Divergent”.
Out doing promotion for “Fantasy Island” this week, CBM asked her if she has any interest in once again joining the franchise. She says:
“You know, it’s funny because they asked me to come back after Mission: Impossible III, but I was contracted on television so I was so happy and touched, but it was not something I was able to do legally. I couldn’t leave my show for it which was really sad.
People asked me at the time, ‘When are you coming back?’ and I said, ‘I can’t!’ They asked and I couldn’t do it. I don’t see why it couldn’t now be a possibility in the future, but we shall see.”
The character survived and lived on at the end of the third film so her potential for inclusion is certainly there. Production on the seventh film recently was slated to take place in Venice but has halted its shoot due to concerns over the Coronavirus.
