Angela Bassett Discusses Strange Days, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and Tom Cruise

Reflecting on "Strange Days"

• 💡 Angela Bassett discussed the 30th anniversary of the film "Strange Days," directed by the incredible Kathryn Bigelow.
• 🎬 She recalled the challenging production, including a stuntman's fall from the Bonaventure Hotel, 5,000 extras, and shooting for months, which led her to discover B12 for energy.
• 📌 Bassett's character, Mace, is a bodyguard and single mother in the neo-noir film, which is set in 1999 Los Angeles and features technology for experiencing other people's memories.

Returning to "Mission: Impossible"

• 🚀 Bassett reprises her role as President Erika Sloane in "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning," having previously been the CIA Director in "Fallout."
• 🎥 Her scenes for the film were shot over a month or six weeks in the UK, and she later returned for ADR sessions.
• 🤖 The plot of the new film involves Ethan Hunt confronting a powerful rogue AI known as The Entity.

On Acting and Film Experience

• ✅ Bassett stated she can enjoy watching her own performances if she had a positive experience with the script and production.
• ✨ She was "blown away" by the finished "Mission: Impossible" film, describing it as "expansive iconic" and appreciating how it brings all previous films together.
• 🏃 When asked about performing stunts like Tom Cruise, she humorously suggested she could only manage "running."