#rogue one featurette

[jeronandor]

"I am very glad I had the chance to go through this journey with [Felicity] because it's something new for both of us. The size of this film can be very scary and I was very lucky to have her next to me, always there to grab my hand and go 'Oh my god. Here we are. Let's make sure we stick together.'" Diego Luna on working with Felicity Jones during Rogue One (2016)

[sydneyadmu]

JYN APPRECIATION WEEK

Day 4 ➥ Favorite quotes about Jyn

Rogue One Featurette | Jyn - The Rebel

[star-wars-forever]

Rogue One - A Star Wars Story: K2SO - The Droid Featurette

[brokehorrorfan]

The Creator will be released on Digital on November 14 and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 12 via 20th Century Studios. The 2023 sci-fi thriller is directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).

Edwards co-wrote with Chris Weitz (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Golden Compass). John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Allison Janney, and Madeleine Yuna Voyles star.

The Creator is presented with Dolby Atmos audio. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

True Love: Making The Creator - 55-minute behind-the-scenes featurette with cast and crew

Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (John David Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war — and humankind. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory, only to discover the world-ending weapon he's been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child

Pre-order The Creator.

[guildfordd]

omg tina! can i ask what videos the felicity & diego gifs you just posted are from? i know i’ve seen those rogue one bts features before but now would love to watch again 🥺 love your gifs!!!

ahh thank you so much! 💕 oh absolutely! those gifs are from two videos:

cassian featurette (3:22)

on set with diego (0:04)

for your viewing pleasure i also just want to link these related videos too because i love them all!! 🥹

rogue one featurette

jyn featurette

behind the scenes compilation

rogue one star wars celebration reel

the celebration one is so epic it still gives me chills but also makes me sad because of ALL THE DELETED SCENES WE’LL NEVER GET TO SEE

[sulieykte]

Hi lys!! I don’t think I’ve been in your inbox but I have arrived ‘dramatic stance’

How are you, cause I hope your having the best day and since you asked for distractions I have created a small list of questions that eight year olds would ask each other cause I’m bad at asking adult questions 👀 so get ready

What’s your favorite color cause I’m four and I wanna know

Favorite food

What fictional character do you relate to the most

First fictional crush you ever had

Favorite music artist

Do you prefer cats or dogs

And lastly

If you had to pick just one show to watch for the rest of your life what would it be

I hope these questions aren’t too personal but I love talking to moots and I think your awesome and cute and I wanna just kiss your face

BELLE bb you have no idea how much this made me smile. i'm grinning from ear to ear right now, giggling, kicking my feet and all that jazz.

and i love your questions bc the things i love most in life are attention and talking about myself i'm kidding i swear i'm not conceited

okay so here we go

favourite colour

i go through phases with colours and i end up with everything i own being that colour until i get over the obsession. right now it's lilac but i'm kind of getting dragged back into mint green now summer has arrived.

favourite food

similar to colours, and you'll probably notice a pattern here (neurodivergent crew wassup) i get hyperfixations with food. currently it's spinach, pesto and pine nut pasta but specifically the one that they do at morrisons bc i can't replicate it right at home no matter how hard i try.

fictional character i relate to the most

i kind of hate this, bc i've had years of people telling me i look like her and i wanted to fight it, but alex dunphy. her role in the family was very similar to mine growing up, i was the smart one (which says a lot about my family) and i had a lot of expectations put on me. i could go on and on about how much i relate to her and particularly her relationships with her family but i wont.

first fictional crush

anna paquin as rogue. i had the first x-men on vcr and i think it was concerning to my mum how much i would watch it. i remember it had a featurette and i'd watch the movie then spend forever rewinding all the way back to the featurette to get to see even more of her.

favourite musical artist

again, hyperfixations. at the moment i'm in a big taylor swift phase and i don't think it's dying out anytime soon.

cats or dogs

used to be dogs bc i had a huge sibling rivalry with my dads cats growing up and i hated them, but when i moved out and i could only have cats in my first rental, i fell in love with them. i've been fully converted to the kitty side.

and one show to watch for the rest of my life? definitely modern family. i rewatch it at least twice a year anyway.

now c'mere and give me a smooch, this was incredibly sweet and ilysm. i'm gonna be camping out in your inbox soon cutie <3

[the-firebird69]

Rogue One - A Star Wars Story: Jyn - The Rebel Featurette

The speech I did was pretty good and he said a lot of people feel that way of course and I heard him say it once and it really stuck. There are other reasons but that's a real big one and it rallied them and he's saying there's there's another thing to say too it's like it's like Bja who says it's like there's no easy way out being means that he falls and he is going to die but you have to stand your ground and it's like Jasmine so I get what he's saying it's like an addiction and then one day you end up in the oven and it's it's not hard to get addicted to it for us for some reason this idea is terrible to go between then it came from the clans and from him and he says to give people time in the foreigners would have been wiped out this is so cool and he says not to count myself out at all and be looking for an autograph at some point somehow maybe a Comic-Con he says that's a good idea cuz I'm out there doing the real thing

Lily

You know what you're saying we start out as empire though it's really pseudo empire and we think it was that we act like them they're sort of took over their base and somebody stuck in and hit them and we said we were trying to join up and have ours join up with this version of pseudo empire and for some reason my friend keeps saying I don't like it it's not right it has happened in the revolutionary war and some of us traded sides and it was not his dad and it was not BG a bja did not but some people did and people died and I remember that and it was horror you cannot trust his Max for a second and as part of the rebellion hopefully we'll have to support afford US and jobs later as actors and perhaps we retain some area it's better than nothing it was just with the empire will leave us and what dangerous so we can hold our own and we know how to make things work and they want to know how to do things too and that's how it goes but for real we've been fighting the empire for a long time and they know it and for this I've been fighting side by side with us. Well guess the bja as we think Biden who is too alone and his race too small but he says Europe is usually with you with your European and they say no but it's really actually true so I'm not really sure why he does it

Jason

I'm president and the empire has me doing it and I hold my own and my grandson knows I'm holding it together as a very tough job some macks are nuts and Max are dangerous. Was the empire does is wrong in the pseudo empire is wrong we're having a fight inside all the time between us and we don't want to attack each other is terrible I don't know how to stop this and become someone powerful I think and with my people just worthless and he says with the rebels are in their area and we're in ours it should be possible to not fight but it doesn't look like it ends up that way and a lot of people are very upset that the rebels were kind of wasted and useless and it looks like the empire still have a lot of power and we're in trouble I have a very difficult life and I have a role and it's very complicated and hard to do and they don't follow a lot of my orders it's kind of a job but I am forced to do it my grandson says I'll have to be a super spy and maybe that's what BGA is trying to do and we interact with the empire and their fleet is not as big as ours so I do see what you're saying we might have some opportunities good

Biden

We're in trouble now I just see what he's saying he has to get more power to go after it and we don't have enough they're going to keep doing this s*** our friends here does not want to do that and doesn't say you have to attack the empire but it seems like you want to then you go after us and it's a cycle we want you to stop going after us and think about changing uniforms to say American uniforms but I guess they want to try and infiltrate it works a little bit sometimes so it's really a tough life

Lily

You are hearing from real rebels and real people stuck in rolls and it is very tragic and our son is living this life he knows these people you'll see commanding very huge fleece and they already have and she's stuck here and doesn't understand a lot of what they're doing now he gets it he just can't do much about a lot of it it's heart-wrenching today was heart-wrenching is mad at Hera she's upset and he says you just can't do that and she says I won't and he says I know I don't do it here why I'm staying away this is not how to do it we have to get powerful and you have to get a hold of yourself so she says this you're right and I'm going to and I see what you're saying I want to see it before I go before I go home now you're a smart man Hera says and he is so I can follow him but he says to check it and I will and I'll check his thing and keep saying somebody told him it would work it's the kit car stuff and I said it would work so he's trying to ram around it to me she is too ram rod running scan ideas so he's going to put it up

Thor Freya

Olympus

Olympus

[wardenofjoy]

Benedict was one of the few interesting Bridgerton boys. He had been nothing but cordial the little bit that she had known of him. Still, she was concerned over the cut offered to his hand. She had passing knowledge on healing though it would probably be better that he had someone else cleaning this. It worried her about the sting, but he didn't seem the type that would love being considered weak. The auburn haired girl also appreciated the fact that he didn't seem to mind her naturally flirtatious nature. Pick pocket eyes lifting from the offending wound to the brights of his eyes. "I think you look more the innocent prince variety then a rogue or a rake, but men have been known to surprise me." she mused before gently tying the ends of her hankerchief over the wound in a makeshift way." People would certainly talk. As much as I like mystery, I am Isolde Ward, but you can call me Iso if you'd like. I'd ask you, but your family is a featurette to most of this town."

continued from here for - isolde @wardenofjoy​

He merely shrugged his shoulders, a soft chuckle leaving his lips. As of late, such reputations appeared to proceed him and yet, he did not seem keen on changing his ways yet. Many wished he would grow up, and find a wife, he was not keen on thinking of such possibilities. “You would be surprised.” He sighed, shaking his head. “I suppose so – it would be truly callous of you to leave a wounded man.” He pouted at her, a smirk raising his lips shortly after. He sighed, shaking his head. “And yet, I do not know who my rescuer is.” He paused, tilting his head. “Do I get to know your name?”

[jeronandor]

"Felicity... I mean apart from the fact that she's a really great actress, she does make it seem so easy that you forget what she's going through sometimes. And as amazing it is to make Star Wars, it's also very hard. Whenever I was thinking, 'I've got one of the hardest jobs in the world' I'd always stop myself and go 'Actually, Felicity's got the hardest job, carrying a Star Wars movie.'" Director Gareth Edwards on working with Felicity Jones on Rogue One (2016)

[audrey-gianelli]

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016) - Making of CGI Featurette

[goingroguepod]

Original Rogue One Team

so part of my research was trying to find John Knoll's original pitch for Destroyers of Worlds (which became Rogue One) but tbh I only got a few lines of the pitch but most of the character descriptions so here's the original team's character descriptions, as written by Knoll:

The Rebel Commandoes

Jyn Erso - Team Commander - Female, mid-forties. Smart and tough. Battle worn, a little cynical and jaded from everything she’s been through. Sarcastic, sense of humour. She’s seen it all and maybe that makes her seem a little callous to those who don’t really know her. Still, she’s a true believer in the rebel’s cause. She knows from first hand experience how brutal the Imperials can be. Her entire family was killed in an Imperial action. This is personal for her.

Ria Talla - Team Member - Female, mid twenties. The company’s pilot. Believes the main purpose of the rebellion is to put pressure on the Empire. Cost them money and cause them constant annoyance and they’ll have to negotiate. We’re going to have to reconcile with these folks, so don’t do anything too extreme. Most of all, make sure you survive this time.

Dray Nevis - Second in command, late twenties. As a former Imperial officer, he is the company’s expert on Imperial tactics and protocols. He knows from years of experience how things are done in the Empire, how things are arranged, where to look for specific items. This inside knowledge is important when raiding Imperial facilities. Has a covert romantic relationship with Ria.

K2SO - a matte black C3PO style protocol droid. Not bumbling comic relief, this guy is awesome. Has a true photographic memory. Speaks any necessary languages, can imitate voices as needed, quickly calculates odds of success of different actions. Able to listen to and participate in hundreds of simultaneous communications. Generally acts as co-ordinator and communications hub.

Lunak - very small (cat sized) tarsier-like alien. Can fit into small spaces, moves very fast. Has fantastic hearing and incredible eyesight, unassisted night vision. Much like bats, is able to “see” using sound. This ability allows Lunak to “see” what’s around the corner, or how many people are on the other side of that wall. Acts as scout and infiltrator. Great with mechanisms and electronics. Expert safecracker and lock picker.

Senna - Large robustly built, immensely strong alien. Structural engineering background. Demolitions expert. Designs demolition charge placement. His immense (size? strength?) comes in handy breaking in or out of where-ever they’re going.

*Edge of page, text really falling off*

Jerris - (team) member - male, early twenties. Crack shot. Is the company’s (cut off, presumably sniper or something along those lines?)… good at repairing equipment and knowing how to break….. the group

i'll level with you it got real hard to read the bottom of the page in the one place I've managed to find this treatment (held on scree with a focus rack in a rogue one bts featurette)

[petermlx]

I have Star Trek Discovery S1 (2017-2018) and S2 (2019), S2 is still in its plastic and both of them have BTS Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, while S2 also has Star Trek: Short Trecks - The Brightest Star and Runaway, and Gag Reels and Audio Commentary on Select Episodes.

I also have Star Trek (2009), the first one I think(?), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016).

And then, in order, I have Star Wars The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of The Clones (both discs, 2002), Revenge of The Sith (both discs, 2005), The Force Awakens (2016), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2017), Solo: A Star Wars Story (still in its plastic, 2018), The Last Jedi (2018), and The Rise of Skywalker (2020). I also have the full Star Wars Trilogy (2004) plus Bonus Material.

I don’t know if being in the plastic makes them more valuable or something but I just wanna know if it’s be worth it to sell them at a yard sale or to just give them away.

(I also have six of the Fast & Furious still in their plastic.)

Honest/genuine question, how much is Star Trek and Star Wars worth on DVD?

@fouralignments adult question I know you like Star Trek.

[batmannotes]

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 4K Ultra HD Review

Jason Momoa reprises his role as the King of the Seven Seas in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which comes 5 years after the original film was released. Once again Aquaman’s most notable rogue, Black Manta, is back seeking revenge for his deceased father. This time, Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and sinister force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman makes an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences, they join forces to protect their kingdom and save the world from irreversible destruction. 

I must admit, even though I consider myself a superhero aficionado, it has been 5 years since the first solo Aquaman flick hit the theaters and remembering certain details regarding the movie were hazy for me at best. Fortunately, there are flashbacks to some of the pertinent moments from the first outing. As in the original movie, there is a healthy dose of action and adventure sprinkled with some hit and miss humor. I enjoyed the unlikely bond between the brothers, and it is hard to argue that Black Manta is one of the most iconic super villains to hit the silver screen in a comic book flick in recent memory. Unfortunately, Manta is paired with a far less interesting character named Dr. Shin (Randall Park) and a collection of henchmen and women with little to no depth in this underwater adventure.  

The visuals of this film are the real treat, and with the 4K format they really shine. The underwater computer-generated sequences are particularly aesthetically pleasing, but I really wish this movie stuck to scenes beneath the sea. There are tons of incredibly interesting creatures in the ocean that an Aquaman movie has yet to tap into. A number of times the movie gets caught trying to copy other films, particularly Star Wars, however, this movie lacks the interesting intertwining plot points and character development of the sci-fi classic. Even with the beautiful 4K eye candy most of its visuals project, there are the occasional, (Joss Whedon) Justice League-esque CGI that leaves you wondering, “where did that come from?”. I also did not care for Aquaman being out of his classic orange and green costume for most of the movie, as I felt that it robbed me of that superhero feel.

VIDEO QUALITY 📽️ :  A 

The 2160p transfer looks glorious, even with the aforementioned lackluster CGI in a few limited sequences. This liquid beauty really carry the visual end of this film. 

AUDIO QUALITY 🔈 : A 

The Dolby Atmos English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit) really is a treat for the listener at home. The dialogue is clear, and the action sequences are bombastic as you are immersed deep into the sea of this film. 

EXTRAS 📀 :  B 

Included with this single disc release is a Digital Copy and several video extras listed below: 

Finding the Lost Kingdom (21:22) - Jason Momoa, director James Wan, DC honcho Jim Lee, production design Bill Brzeski, and other key members of the cast and crew are your guides at this usually scenic behind-the-scenes featurette, which includes bits and pieces of on-set footage and others supportive clips. 

Aquaman: Worlds Above and Below (9:39) - A like-minded look at various locales on both sides of the surface that covers special effects, location shoots, and Aquaman lore by way of a few vintage comics. 

Atlantean Blood is Thicker than Water (4:17) - A short but sweet look at the history of Arthur and his half-brother Orm, again with some comics history and short interviews with Momoa and Patrick Wilson. 

It's a Manta World (10:08) - Another character-focused featurette, this short piece sits down with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and others to speak about David Kane, Black Manta, the power suit, and more. 

Necrus, the Lost Black City (5:51) - James Wan, producer Peter Safran, Bill Brzeski, and others chat briefly about the titular lost kingdom, its visual creation, and its history in the franchise. 

Escape from the Deserter World (8:05) - Another like-minded featurette about the location -- or in this case, sequence -- featured in the film, a handful of familiar faces share about its creation and execution while being supported by behind-the-scenes footage, concept art, rehearsals, costume and set design, and more. 

Brawling at Kingfish's Lair (4:07) - A quick look at one of the film's many visually overloaded action scenes and some of the goofier details and supporting characters featured in it. 

Oh, Topo! (2:12) - And speaking of goofy supporting characters, this short and light-hearted tribute acts as an appreciation and highlight reel for everyone's favorite comedy relief cephalopod. 

FINAL GRADE: C- 

The only real emotions drawn from this bloated outing are the reconciliation between two brothers and the love for their mother. Aquaman should have submerged deeper into the sea, instead of trying to mimic the tales of old from the land above. 

Order now from Amazon.

[i-make-movies]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Featurette - Made Great in Britain (2016) - Movie

[brokehorrorfan]

The Batman: The Complete Series will be released on Blu-ray (with Digital) on February 1 via Warner Bros. The animated TV series aired for five seasons, first on  Kids' WB then Cartoon Network, between 2004 and 2008.

Update: The releases have been pushed back to March 1 “in order to enhance the visibility of the box set in retail outlets.”

It stars Rino Romano as Batman, Evan Sabara as Robin, Danielle Judovits as Batgirl, Kevin Michael Richardson as the Joker, Ming-Na Wen as Ellen Yin, Tom Kenny as The Penguin, Clancy Brown as Mr. Freeze, Alastair Duncan as Alfred, Gina Gershon as Catwoman, Jason Marsden as Firefly, Steve Harris as Ethan Bennett, Mitch Pileggi as Commissioner Gordon, and Adam West as Mayor Grange.

Brandon Vietti, Seung Eun Kim, Christopher Berkeley, Anthony Chun, Sam Liu, Vinton Heuck, Matt Youngberg, and John Fang direct. Michael Goguen and Duane Capizzi developed the show and served as supervising producers. 

The six-disc set contains all 65 episodes remastered in high definition. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

The Dark Dynasty Continues – Explore the relationship between The Batman and his allies as he evolves from mysterious vigilante to the World’s Greatest Detective (new)

Joining Forces: The Batman's Legendary Team-Ups – How the series’ producers adapted the DC “Team-Up-Tales” approach from the comic books to the screen

Building Batman – Detective Ellen Yin investigates The Batman's true identity

New Look, New Direction, New Knight (Featurette) – Go behind the scenes to explore the development of The Batman television series

The Batman: Season 3 Unmasked – Supervising producer Duane Capizzi talks about the making of Season 3

The Batman: Season 4 Unmasked – A behind the scenes look into the making of Season 4

Gotham PD Case Files – Confidential profiles of The Batman's most dastardly foes

The Batman Junior Detective Challenge quiz

The Batman Junior Detective Exam: Level 2 quiz

The Batman follows 20-something-year-old Bruce Wayne’s early adventures as he balances his daytime persona as a bachelor billionaire with his nighttime guise as a caped crimefighter. Along the way, Batman is joined by allies Robin and Batgirl as they combat Gotham City’s Rogues’ Gallery, including updated versions of his familiar foes as well as a bevy of rarely seen villains like Killer Moth and The Everywhere Man. Join one of the most complex and intriguing character in comic book history for action-packed super heroic adventures that test the limits of this legendary character's extraordinary physical prowess and super-sleuthing skills.

Pre-order The Batman: The Complete Series.

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

Back to the Future – Glass talks to Swedish actor Rebecca Ferguson about her roles in Dune, Mission: Impossible and the lessons we can learn from spaghetti

Rebecca Ferguson is on location in Budapest, possibly dressed up as a sci-fi high priestess with glowing blue eyes and a three-pronged bouffant. Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s 2020 reinterpretation of David Lynch’s 1984 Frank Herbert adaptation, needs reshoots of its own, so Ferguson is talking to me over the phone in between takes from what sounds like a galaxy far, far away …

In accordance with “soon-to-be-released-Sci-Fi-epic” law, Dune is shrouded in secrecy. As yet there are no behind the scenes featurettes, and no leaked stills to give an insight into Villeneuve’s vision for Ferguson’s character, Lady Jessica, the age-agnostic mother of Timothée Chalamet’s cosmic hero, Paul Atreides.

So, I do the only thing you can do when imagining the new cast of a reboot and attach Ferguson’s disembodied head to the beheaded body of her Lady Jessica predecessor. Et voilà, Rebecca Ferguson: live from Budapest, possibly looking like a futuristic, blue eyed, heavily bouffanted, Lynchian high priestess.

She’s called back from a location with better phone coverage and we’re discussing cities, from the “incredible” (Budapest), to the inhabitable (London, Ferguson’s second home), via LA, which, putting it mildly, fits neither criteria in the 37-year-old’s glowing blue eyes. “The idea of moving to LA has never, ever, ever been on my agenda,” she declares.

The first thing that strikes you about Ferguson is that she’s passionate talking about practically everything. “Look, there are people I love, who love it there … and I get it. When people there look at you and smile, there is a joy,” she pauses, reliving early encounters with LA, and smiles … “And a happiness which is so lovely and endearing and light – but I can’t take it too long. I just want to smoke a cigarette and kind of blow it in someone’s face.” An apology seems on the tip of her tongue, but she decides it would ruin the joke, and merely says, “I don’t actually smoke, by the way.”

She spends much of the year in a Swedish fishing village – “a different world”, she says, possessing all the things she loves: row boats, the ocean, her friends, grilling fish and just the right amount of smiling and joy. Ferguson’s open and only slightly sardonic disdain for the folly of wanton joy suggests, to me, two things. One: that while she clearly loves Sweden, the place of her birth and homeland of her father, the English side of her mother is potent.

And two: the ability to “get in and get out”, as she puts it, remains a priority. As a teen, Ferguson was unknown to the world but famous in Sweden as the star of soap opera Nya Tider. When the show ended and she was 15, she got out. “I studied, had a beautiful child, worked in restaurants, shops, God … in hotels – I did everything.” Everything but act, other than a couple of minor, un-recurring TV roles and student films in exchange for free lunch.

“I never wanted to go to drama school, mainly because I didn’t want to be like every other Swede in film. Not to criticise Lars Norén or … Ingrid Bergman, but all I could think was ‘I don’t want to be a drama student with a fucking purple beret on my head, I don’t want to be like them’. I think, now, looking back, I was just terrified I wasn’t going to get in.”

Eleven years after Nya Tider, Ferguson starred in Swedish language film, A One-Way Trip to Antibes. “And that was the gateway for me.” Soon after she was cast as Queen Elizabeth in BBC period drama The White Queen, which was less a conveyer belt towards ‘the big time’ as it was a treadmill cranked to 11. But playing Queen Elizabeth on the BBC isn’t without its drawbacks – play the role well enough and the whole world will think you’re English.

Being called Rebecca Ferguson probably doesn’t help, and her English is too perfect to be considered a second language. Most of all, though, it’s to do with the version of Englishness that lives so prominently in Ferguson: her mother’s version. “My mother is quintessentially English,” she says. “When she came over to Sweden, words and expressions like ‘whoops-a-daisy, ‘holy moly’ and ‘kerfuffle’ still existed – it’s how she spoke and it became the natural way of speaking for me, too.”

It made Ferguson a convincing Brit, laying the groundwork for the most seamless England/Sweden switcheroo since Ferguson’s own mother integrated so adeptly into her adopted home that, in 1975, she was awarded the ultimate endorsement: appearing on the sleeve of an Abba album. And yet, beyond the whimsical lingo, Ferguson is neither stiff, stoical nor repressed – three fundamentals of Britishness.

On chat-shows, she’s gregarious and tactile and warm, and this confuses people who go by the “if it looks like a Brit and sounds like a Brit …” metric. It’s a little like painting a cat with black and white stripes and saying, “what’s wrong with that zebra and why is it such an outrageous flirt?” “I’ve seen those bloody comments! It’s so weird. It makes me think I should stop touching people altogether, which is sad because, you know … we’re here, we’re together, we’re human beings.”

The problem is, when your wagon’s hitched to a vehicle like Mission: Impossible, where each instalment is an event, and every instalment ends with the promise of another instalment (Episodes 7 and 8 are in the works), chat show appearances are unending. Rumour is that number seven will be filmed in space, which is a worthwhile trade for the talk-show couch merry-go-round, depending on where you stand on heights. “In space? That’s news to me, but with TC nothing surprises me.”

TC is, of course, Mr Mission Impossible: Tom Cruise. “So,” I ask her, would she do it? “I would probably say ‘fuck off’ to that. Heights are my greatest fear and I’m not doing cognitive therapy acting … then again, I never thought I would jump 40 metres off that house in Vienna (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation). That was bloody terrifying. But I did it … and got to do something that I never thought I would do, so maybe it is all just therapy?”

He’s a force of nature,” Ferguson says. “I’ve never met anyone like him.” There’s a unique fascination around Cruise, due to his personal life and the idea that the line separating him from his Mission Impossible character, Ethan Hunt, has become almost non-existent; that the actor has permanently morphed into the character, who now spends his days playing the role of the actor he once was. Which is a crazy suggestion, obviously, but Cruise is so intensely fascinating that I can’t help such ideas whirl through my head whenever I see him interviewed “out of character”.

I ask Ferguson what it’s like to have a relationship with someone so divisive, who invokes such strong opinions, and whether she feels strangely protective of Cruise. “I don’t think I can. I feel there’s no need to be protective of him. He’s powerful …  just the way he is. I feel like I’m supported by him all the time.” Nor does she tire of being asked about him. “He’s an interesting person to talk about, and a very interesting person to get to know.

The boyish charm, the need to always be doing fun things for everyone while making sure everyone feels safe … Sometimes we’ll start laughing and unbuckling our seatbelts just to fuck with him,” which weirdly is the only Tom Cruise anecdote I think I’ll ever need. “We’ve had some beautiful moments filming together.”

On which note, with our allotted 30 minutes long expired, I ask Ferguson what ‘together’ means to her, but she seems to have re-entered whatever foreign galaxy she started the interview in, and the question gets chewed up on its way over. She responds, “spaghetti?” which, after some clarification and deliberation, we decide to stick with, despite the kerfuffle. “Because togetherness is the opposite of isolation and segregation,” and nothing represents the importance of togetherness like than the profoundly sad sight of a lone strand of spaghetti.

by Charlie Navin-Holder