FOR ALL OF the tricks and stunts in Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible - Fallout, whether it’s Tom Cruise jumping out of a plane at 25,000 feet, or Tom Cruise driving a motorcycle with no helmet through rush-hour traffic, nothing beats the impact of the film’s showdown, in a Paris nightclub bathroom, between Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, his CIA counterpart August Walker (Henry Cavill), and shadowy underworld figure John Lark (Liang Yang). A clash of contrasting fight styles, soundtracked to a throbbing bass beat, sinks are destroyed, pillars trashed and arms reloaded in the space of four breathless minutes. Here, McQuarrie, Cruise, Cavill, Yang, and stunt co-ordinator Wade Eastwood, tell us how they did it.
Christopher McQuarrie: That is, strangely, everybody’s favourite scene. I couldn’t tell you where it came from, beyond…
