Yahoo Lifestyle Tom Cruise Pumps Up Super Bowl Crowd in Ad: ‘Tonight We Encounter a Mission That Doesn’t Come Along Very Often’
“Mission: Impossible” star Tom Cruise pumped up the Super Bowl crowd during Fox’s Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday ahead of the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
“Tonight in New Orleans we encounter a mission that doesn’t come along very often. Standing in front of this final act knowing that the long winding road here has all led to this. Everything this sport has seen and done, every first, every mountain climbed, every seemingly impossible conquered, yet there’s always another accomplishment never achieved. There’s always new heights waiting to be reached,” he said in the ad. “I look closely at these fierce competitors and I don’t see fear or hesitation, I see the very best in the world. Men who have worked and dedicated their entire lives for today.”
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Also during the pregame show, Paramount released a new trailer for “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” which is being teased as Cruise’s last adventure as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. Originally planned as the Part Two to 2023’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning,” “The Final Reckoning” will bring back many characters from past entries in the franchise to potentially send off Ethan Hunt for good.
Angela Bassett is back as CIA Director Erika Sloane, after she first appeared in “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” as are Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Ving Rhames as Luther Strickell, Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis, Hayley Atwell as Grace, Esai Morales as the villain Gabriel, Shea Wigham as Jasper Briggs, Greg Tarzan Davis as Degas, Pom Klementieff as the assassin Paris and Henry Czerny as IMF director Eugene Kittridge. Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Katy O’Brian, Tramell Tillman and Stephen Oyoung join the franchise for “The Final Reckoning.”
The Kansas City Chiefs are taking on the Philadelphia Eagles for the second time in three years, and they have a chance to become the first NFL team in history to win three Super Bowls in a row. Last year, they beat the San Francisco 49ers to become repeat NFL champions, and now the Eagles are looking for revenge after the Chiefs beat them in 2023. Sunday’s game marks the fifth Super Bowl appearance for the Chiefs in six years.
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