How Mission: Impossible forced a mid-shoot rewrite of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Eraser
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Brian Davids
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Director Chuck Russell reveals how his 1995 Arnold Schwarzenegger action film Eraser had to undergo a major third-act rewrite mid-shoot after learning that Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible had just filmed a nearly identical CIA wire-heist set piece. With Eraser releasing just a month after Mission: Impossible, Russell and his team pivoted on the fly to avoid looking derivative, retooling Schwarzenegger's character to use a different approach. The article explores the behind-the-scenes challenges, creative problem-solving, and the legacy of the film on its 30th anniversary.
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Twitter / XHow Mission: Impossible forced a mid-shoot rewrite of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Eraserhollywoodreporter.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe CIA heist scene where Tom Cruise drops in on wires, I had Arnold doing almost exactly the same thing to get a disc out of the CIA
We had to completely rethink the third act because we couldn't have two major movies in the same summer with the same stunt
It was a race against time to reshoot and reimagine the sequence while keeping the film on schedule for its release date
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