Some quotes from the Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation script that I can’t stop thinking about (most of these are in the script but did not end up in the actual film or are slightly different in the finished product).
Benji (to Lauren, the lie detector operator): You changed your hair... (laughs) It’s a joke... because you... never change your hair. Or your expression.
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Lauren: State your name.
Benji: You ask me that question every week.
Lauren: Your name.
Benji: The King of Norway.
His vitals [on the lie detector] fluctuate.
Benji: That was a lie. I’m actually third in line for the throne.
His vitals don’t fluctuate.
****
Brandt: Western civilization is slowly coming apart.
Hunley: It won’t happen on my watch.
****
Ethan (on com): Benji, do you copy?
Benji tries to contain his reaction. He sort of manages.
****
Benji arrives at a service door marked with electronic symbols. He quickly works the lock and slips into a cramped space, humming with electrical conduits. He’s very out of place in a tux.
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Ethan: Ever have a crisis of faith, Benji?
Benji: More than once. Am I fighting for the right side? Should I really risk my life for a world that doesn’t seem to care?
Ethan: And sometimes the answer is no.
Beat. Benji nods, yes. He’s not proud of it.
Ethan: It happens to the best of us. Of course, most of us come back from that place. But not all.
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Ethan: If I can bring [Lane] down, I can make everything like it was. Maybe even get you your life back.
Benji: Ethan, I’m back. This is my life. This is what I signed up for. Let me help you find him.
Ethan: That’s why I brought you here, and look what happened. I gambled with your life tonight and I lost. I can’t be sure how this ends. I can’t protect you. That’s why I need you to leave.
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Luther: Understand something... Ethan is my friend. If I doubt you forone second whose side you’re really on... I’ll take you out.
Brandt considers this, nods.
Brandt: I believe you.
****
Ilsa: [...] I can tell you it’s impossible.
Ethan and Benji share a look. The game is afoot.
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Brandt: DNA profiling, facial recognition, gait analysis... drone strikes. Drone surveillance. (points) And that guy can even read your vital signs over your home wifi? He knows you have a heart problem before your doctor does.
He shakes his head as if to say: what have we become?
****
Benji: I appreciate everything you’ve done for me but, seriously, one of these days you’re going to take things too far.
Benji tries to laugh. Ethan tries to say something but can’t. Benji’s smile gives way to sincerity.
Benji: I owe you my life, man. Thank you.
****
Benji has a hood ripped off from his head to find himself seated in a chair, in a hotel room with a sweeping view of downtown London. Before him stands Lane, to his side, Vinter. As Benji glares:
Lane: You look like you’ve just seen a ghost.
Benji: You’re not a ghost yet... But you will be.
Lane smiles, leans in to Benji:
Lane: Get him ready, please.
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