He’s joined by Pom Klementieff, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Kirby, and Hayley Atwell, who joins the franchise as a double-crossing thief.

“Grace, I would say, is consistently inconsistent,” she tells ScreenRant of her character. “A lone wolf. She’s hyper-vigilant. She’s out for herself out of necessity; because she’s had to be. It’s how she’s survived. She’s learned skills on the job, as opposed to having had any real formal training, which means she can be quite scrappy and can also duck and dive and adapt to situations.”

Atwell continues: “And, of course, that shares an origin story with Ethan Hunt who kind of has a similar background. They are sort of two sides of the same coin; there’s a kind of cat-and-mouse feel to them — like siblings in a way. And that creates a kind of exasperation between them that becomes also very endearing and very funny.”

Honestly, she positively oozes charisma. You’ll want to watch it at least twice for her performance alone.

What are people saying about Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One?

Aside from the glowing reviews, you mean? Well, director Christopher McQuarrie has promised that the film will explore Ethan’s past for the first time.

“Casting Esai [Morales as the antagonist] allowed us to explore things with those characters and the notion of Ethan’s past,” he tells Empire.

“Ethan has a past that predates the IMF, and that allowed us to explore that with a character that knew Ethan before Ethan was Ethan. That’s part of who Gabriel is. Every detail of the story is very carefully considered. People who want to do their homework can derive from that name whatever they please.

When can we watch Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One?

The film will hit UK cinemas on 12 July.

Anyone else already booked their tickets? See you in the queue for popcorn, then!

Everyone is talking about the new Mission: Impossible film, and for good reason