Warner Bros spent over a decade trying to launch a remake of the classic 1960s spy series. When Guy Ritchie finally took the helm, he delivered one of the most stylish films of the decade, only for it to be crushed at the box office by Mission: Impossible and Spectre.
This is the story of a production defined by chaos and class. Tom Cruise was originally cast as Napoleon Solo, while Henry Cavill was set to play the Russian, Illya Kuryakin. The script was rewritten daily in Ritchie's living room, the actors performed their own dangerous stunts (leading to a near-drowning incident involving a weighted vest) and the director made the bold decision to cut the film's climactic siege into a one-minute montage. It is a look at how a perfect cast and a unique aesthetic couldn't save the film from a disastrous release date.
Narration by Gabriel Perez gabrieljoseperez@gmail.com
Music by Epidemic Sound and Artlist
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00:00 Adapting a 60s classic
01:50 Tom Cruise vs Henry Cavill
03:16 Casting the team & Accents
04:15 Hugh Grant & Cool films
05:32 Visual inspirations
06:29 The near-drowning incident
07:37 Rewriting the script
08:50 60s Fashion & Suits
09:48 Practical stunts & The truck
11:36 Gadgets & The Rollercoaster
13:07 The 1-minute supercut
14:06 The release date disaster
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