Henry Czerny, who first appeared as CIA director Eugene Kittridge in 1996, returns to “Mission: Impossible” and says revisiting the character has been “brilliant.”
Henry Czerny describes himself as “the bread in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ sandwich”, present at the franchise’s beginnings in 1996 and now returning for what may be its conclusion.
The Canadian actor reprises his role as CIA director Eugene Kittridge in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning”, a character he calls morally ambiguous by design.
“If you were in their shoes, you’d kind of go, ‘Yeah, exactly. Well, actually, you know what? He’s got a point'”, Czerny said. “I don’t like him because he reminds me of parts of me that I don’t particularly like. But maybe he’s got a point.”
Czerny first portrayed Kittridge as the former head of the Impossible Mission Force in the original 1996 film, often serving as an antagonist to Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt.
