Rebecca Ferguson Reveals Reason Behind Her 'Mission: Impossible' Exit

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Rebecca Ferguson is explaining why she left the Mission: Impossible franchise. The 40-year-old actress portrayed Ilsa Faust in 2015′s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and 2018′s Mission: Impossible: Fallout before her character died in 2023′s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. Rebecca recently addressed why she decided to move on from the franchise once her three-picture deal ended. Keep reading to find out more… During an appearance on TheWrap’s UnWrapped podcast, she explained why she left Ilsa behind. “To speak very clearly — because I know a lot of people are sad about it, I’m sad about it — I had filmed three films.

My deal was done,” Rebecca stated. “And I love her beyond words. Beyond words. I think she’s the most awesome, fantastic character.” The Dune star also revealed that she had an offer to reprise her role in a fourth Mission: Impossible film, but she turned down the opportunity because she felt that there wasn’t “enough space” for Ilsa’s character development. “Ilsa was becoming a team player.

And we all can want different things, but for me, Ilsa was rogue,” Rebecca said. “Ilsa was naughty. Ilsa was unpredictable.

There was a lot of characters coming in, not leaving enough space for what she had been.” Another reason behind Rebecca‘s Mission: Impossible exit related to the lengthy process of making the movies. “Selfishly, that’s a lot of time to make a Mission film.