Christopher McQuarrie
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Sep 19, 2026
Zach BaronGUEST
I, I, and I, and I'm not like, I'm not like spinning or lying when I say that, you know, there, he and I have like the tiniest bit of history.
Zach BaronGUEST
I, you know, I, I wrote a piece about mission impossible last year, spent a lot of time with Christopher McQuarrie and ultimately ended up like emailing with Tom about that, which, you know, is not like we, we weren't like, we didn't become brothers.
Zach BaronGUEST
Um, and I did it again with Glenn Powell.
Zach BaronGUEST
So I think he had at least a vague idea of who I was.
Nick DostalHOST
The action career was largely, he's not the director of them, but it's him being in control.
Nick DostalHOST
It's him, you know, running, kind of running these directors, Kaczynski, McQuarrie.
Nick DostalHOST
I'm not taking their directing capabilities away from them, but he has a, he has a much, much stronger hold on the material, but.
Nick DostalHOST
that's not going to be the case with something like Digger.
Lynda CooganPANELIST
Yeah.
Chris WasserPANELIST
But I will say that Joseph Kosinski, even though he wasn't the man doing the driving on that Top Gun film at all, I'd say McQuarrie, Tom Cruise's-
Lynda CooganPANELIST
Yeah
Chris WasserPANELIST
... friends, McQ, I'd say he was doing the, um, the most of the directing.
Ben LindberghHOST
I wonder whether we are transitioning into a stage where you can get top talent to make video game adaptations.
Ben LindberghHOST
Because looking ahead, we do have a few coming down the pike where there are some pretty big name directors attached to projects, like Alex Garland making the Elden Ring movie or Justin Lin or Christopher McQuarrie.
Ben LindberghHOST
So you know, it has to do with maybe the fact that obviously the hot directors working now are in an age range where they played video games and grew up playing video games the way that Zach Cregger, who's 45, grew up playing Resident Evil.
Ben LindberghHOST
So they're obviously familiar with the source material.
Charlie ClausenHOST
And-
Guy DavisHOST
Now whether that's a lack of chemistry between Cruise and Connelly, or just the way Christopher McQuarrie sort of frames it, or way the whole film is set up, 'cause yeah, it's more like you see flirtation beforehand, you see a bit of post-se- seemingly co- post- coital stuff that just seems odd.
Charlie ClausenHOST
Yeah.
Charlie ClausenHOST
So to see Cruise in an overtly sexual context-
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Guy DavisHOST
That he hasn't put his-
Charlie ClausenHOST
But he's produced, I mean-
Guy DavisHOST
Yeah, he's produced a lot of stuff, and I'm wondering how much say he has, say, on the Mission Impossible movies that he's made with Christopher McQuarrie.
Charlie ClausenHOST
Yeah.
Fred AsquithHOST
I think it comes from a lack of discipline in the writing and editing process.
Fred AsquithHOST
For example, we heard Christopher McQuarrie talking about his process of writing the Mission Impossible movies, and they, they, they boast, they don't just talk, they boast about not having a finished script when they're filming.
Fred AsquithHOST
Same with Avengers: Doomsday coming out soon.
Fred AsquithHOST
It's almost par for the course, where, again, they, they speak very freely about not having a finished script when they're filming.
Zach BaronHOST
We taped this one on the Warner Brothers lot in July, which is also where we shot the cover.
Zach BaronHOST
Cruise and I had not met before, though last year I wrote a long story about his longtime collaborator and partner in making the Mission Impossible franchise, Christopher McQuarrie, for which I sent Cruise a long, multi-part email question.
Zach BaronHOST
"Dear Zach," he replied, "I don't quite know how to answer this.
Zach BaronHOST
Maybe it is all these things and more." And that, journalists, is why you don't ask multi-part questions.
Tom CruiseGUEST
... than hearing myself talk, you know?
Zach BaronHOST
You mentioned stunts.
Zach BaronHOST
Last year, I spent some time with Christopher McQuarrie, your Mission Impossible director, longtime friend and collaborator, and, um-
Tom CruiseGUEST
He's awesome
Zach BaronHOST
We taped this one on the Warner Brothers lot in July, which is also where we shot the cover.
Zach BaronHOST
Cruise and I had not met before, though last year I wrote a long story about his longtime collaborator and partner in making the Mission Impossible franchise, Christopher McQuarrie, for which I sent Cruise a long, multi-part email question.
Zach BaronHOST
"Dear Zach," he replied, "I don't quite know how to answer this.
Zach BaronHOST
Maybe it is all these things and more." And that, journalists, is why you don't ask multi-part questions.
Tom CruiseGUEST
... than hearing myself talk, you know?
Zach BaronHOST
You mentioned stunts.
Zach BaronHOST
Last year, I spent some time with Christopher McQuarrie, your Mission Impossible director, longtime friend and collaborator, and, um-
Tom CruiseGUEST
He's awesome
Zach BaronHOST
Cruz and I had not met before.
Zach BaronHOST
The last year, I wrote a long story about his longtime collaborator and partner in making the Mission Impossible franchise, Christopher McQuarrie, for which I sent Cruz a long, multi-part email question.
Zach BaronHOST
Dear Zach, he replied, I don't quite know how to answer this.
Zach BaronHOST
Maybe it is all these things and more.
Tom CruiseGUEST
I'm more interested in you than hearing
Zach BaronHOST
myself talk, you know? You mentioned stunts.
Zach BaronHOST
Last year, I spent some time with Christopher McQuarrie, your Mission Impossible director, longtime friend and collaborator.
Zach BaronHOST
He's awesome.
Zach BaronHOST
Cruz and I had not met before.
Zach BaronHOST
The last year, I wrote a long story about his longtime collaborator and partner in making the Mission Impossible franchise, Christopher McQuarrie, for which I sent Cruz a long, multi-part email question.
Zach BaronHOST
Dear Zach, he replied, I don't quite know how to answer this.
Zach BaronHOST
Maybe it is all these things and more.
Tom CruiseGUEST
I'm more interested in you than hearing
Zach BaronHOST
myself talk, you know? You mentioned stunts.
Zach BaronHOST
Last year, I spent some time with Christopher McQuarrie, your Mission Impossible director, longtime friend and collaborator.
Zach BaronHOST
He's awesome.
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