It is a Hollywood twist that sounds like fiction: actress Michelle Monaghan, beloved by fans for her role as Julia Meade in the Mission: Impossible franchise, recently revealed that her career-defining turn happened only because she was cut entirely from a major film starring Keanu Reeves.
Monaghan, who co-starred with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III and Fallout, revealed that her entry into the spy franchise was thanks to being excised from the 2005 film Constantine, starring Reeves. Monaghan explained that the director of Constantine, Francis Lawrence, was a close friend of J.J. Abrams, who was directing the new Mission: Impossible film.
"That movie came about because I got cut out of a movie called Constantine with Keanu Reeves," Monaghan explained to Newsweek. Lawrence, seeing his friend Abrams was "looking for an actor to play alongside the new Mission movie," decided to pitch the footage. "I've got some scenes on the cutting room floor of this gal, Michelle Monaghan. She's a great actress."
Abrams followed the unusual tip, looking at the deleted scenes. "J.J. looked at it. He said, 'Oh, I'll bring her in for an audition.' And I got the job. I mean, talk about everything happening for a reason," Monaghan said. She recently ran into Abrams at a dinner ahead of the Governor's Awards. "J.J. Abrams was there, and I was like, 'Thank you.' That movie changed my life," Monaghan recalled telling him. Abrams’ reaction was humble: "He's like, 'I was a baby.' He's like, 'I can't believe they let me direct that movie.'"
The star admitted landing the role opposite Cruise was more than a career boost; it informed her entire professional approach. Monaghan praised Cruise's leadership: "Getting to work alongside Tom changed me at the very beginning of my career. It informed the entire way that I approach being on a film set... he is a true leader and someone that values and respects each individual on a production and elevates everyone's performance."
J.J. Abrams’ Direction That Made Her Action Scene Look So Cool
Monaghan credited Abrams with a piece of direction that elevated her performance in a major action sequence on the Mission Impossible film. "I said, 'Remember, I had to do the action sequence, and it's toward the end, and I've got the gun in my hand, and I'm sliding down the wall.'"
The advice that made her look like a seasoned spy? "Michelle, put your chin down and put your eyes up, really slow." Monaghan noted she was learning basic elements, like hitting her mark, and learned professionalism from the top: "I write a thank you to everyone on set. Things like that, that was the way in which Tom leads." Her return for the conclusion of her character's arc in Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), directed by Christopher McQuarrie, was equally meaningful: "I just love that final scene that Julia and Ethan have together in [Mission Impossible 6]. It was very fulfilling and validating for me."
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