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The ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movies Are as Personal as Tom Cruise Gets

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As stunt-heavy as the action franchise is, it’s hard not to see the parallels to real life—especially that of its cagey megastar.

A. A. Dowd
A. A. Dowd 

Freelance Writer

A photo composite of Tom Cruise from the Mission: Impossible film series.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Lev/Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Paramount Pictures
A. A. Dowd

A. A. Dowd

Freelance Writer

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