Casting troubles

While you’d think actors would jump at the chance on appearing in a ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie, many weren’t too happy with what Tom Cruise and his team were suggesting, particularly with regards to the story.

Peter Graves - who played Jim Phelps in the TV show - was unhappy that all of the characters but his own were renamed for the film, and left the project, allowing Jon Voight to take his place.

Martin Landau (who played Rollin Hand) turned down the flick after finding out the original TV team were only going to have glorified cameos before they were all unceremoniously killed off.

He recalled: "They wanted the entire team to be destroyed, done away with one at a time, and I was against that."