Rebecca Ferguson believes that Mission: Impossible is the only franchise that generates decent storylines for females.
In 2015, the actress joined the series for Rogue Nation and would reprise her role as MI6 agent Ilsa Faust in Fallout and Dead Reckoning Part One, the latter of which was released in July of 2023 to critical acclaim.
Ferguson has enjoyed an important arc in the series, and Dead Reckoning only added to the female roster with the additions of Hayley Atwell and Pom Pom Klementieff who joined Ferguson and Vanessa Kirby.
While the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Universe are two examples of franchises with female characters, Ferguson reckons they don't touch Mission: Impossible when it comes to serving women.
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"'Mission' is probably the one franchise that knows how to write storylines for women," she told IndieWire.
"They break things down; there's not a lot of going into detail about what happened. You do not talk about it. There's always reasons why arcs go a certain way. I control my own destiny (as Ilsa), there are reasons why things happen."
The Mission: Impossible franchise has become famed for Tom Cruise's death-defying stunts, and although Ferguson does her fair share, she insists no actor or actress in the movies are forced to repeat Cruise's feats.
"I tend to be running far behind, but I try. Tom is the movie. He represents 'Mission', everything that's good, and thankfully nothing bad has come from it." she explained.
"You are offered a palette of knowledge: you learn it and do it and embrace it. You also can choose to say 'no'. They will find a solution around it, you're never forced to do it."
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