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‘Mission: Impossible’ Star Hayley Atwell Says She Was ‘Eight and a Half Months Pregnant’ During ‘Final Reckoning’ Fight Sequence: ‘I’m Serious’


'Mission: Impossible' star Hayley Atwell says she was more than eight months pregnant while filming a fight scene in 'Final Reckoning.'

During a recent appearance on “ The Tonight Show,” Atwell revealed she was more than eight months pregnant while filming reshoots of a fight scene in “Final Reckoning,” but still managed to do all her own stunts. Atwell, who plays a thief named Grace who joins forces with the IMF, stars in “Final Reckoning” alongside Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Esai Morales, Angela Bassett, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Nick Offerman and Hannah Waddingham. Atwell isn’t the only one who had to push their physical limits for the final “Mission: Impossible.” Franchise frontman Cruise recently shared that while shooting an extended underwater sequence in the film, he was unable to see because of the aquatic lights.

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