13 Amazing Bodies of Mission: Impossible Stars

As Mission: Impossible—Dead Recoking Part One hits theaters, get ready to be inspired by the incredible fitness journeys of the stars behind the high-octane action of Mission: Impossible. From the age-defying Tom Cruise's diverse outdoor pursuits to Rebecca Ferguson's rigorous preparation for fight sequences, this article unveils the secrets of 13 phenomenal bodies. Henry Cavill's thirst for knowledge in staying healthy, Michelle Monaghan's devotion to SoulCycle, and Angela Bassett's accountability approach will motivate you to take charge of your own wellness. Join us as we delve into the exercise regimes and wellness philosophies of these remarkable Mission: Impossible stars that keep them at the top of their game.

1. Tom Cruise

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Tom Cruise is still in amazing shape, despite being in his 60s. He does a variety of things to stay in shape. In particular, Cruise likes to do a lot of outdoor activities. He shared some of his favorites with MAartial.com. “Sea-kayaking, caving … fencing, treadmill, weights … rock-climbing, hiking. I jog. I do so many different activities.”

2. Rebecca Ferguson

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Rebecca Ferguson shared how she gets in shape for Mission Impossible films in a 2015 interview with Vogue. “Pilates was the ground floor. It’s such a good way of keeping your body safe. There is so much technique in fighting—how do you hold your fist, where does the motion come from. I had to learn to run fast—so we did a lot of explosive running. When we started filming, we kept the training up as much as possible. When you see a sequence that is 30 seconds long, it has taken weeks of preparation.”

3. Henry Cavill

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For Henry Cavill, staying healthy means learning new things. “Over the past couple of years, I've been trying to quiz my trainer, Dave Rienzi, more and more about the why of everything,” he told GQ. “‘Why is that going in? Why this rather than that? Aren't they both carbohydrates? Why this protein versus that protein? What does it mean when you do this before or afterwards?’ And so my journey is still very much in process.”

4. Michelle Monaghan

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Michelle Monaghan shared her favorite workout in an interview with Byrdie. “Soulcycle is my religion,” she revealed. “I started working out after I had my first daughter and I’ve really taken to it. I’m in better shape now than I was in my 20s!”

5. Jeremy Renner

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In an interview with The Gentleman’s Journal, Jeremy Renner talked about his support for the Me Too movement. “I always try to take something positive, even out of the worst things,” he said. “And, in this case, it’s got to be this courage. The courage women have had to stand up, and not wallow or be taken hold of by all this awful news. They knew that they couldn’t start a crusade alone, but they built one anyway — one brick at a time. And that shows great strength — a strength that I see it as my place to encourage.”

6. Thandie Newton

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Thandie Newton’s trainer, Liston Wingate-Dayes, talked to Healthista about how she stays in shape. “Her routines vary; she combines the routines we do, involving strength training, self-defense, light weights and stretching, with her yoga. We normally train two or three times a week when she is in London, but it’s tricky – celebrities are always working, and they don’t have much time. I might see her twice in one day, or some weeks we book five sessions, but she may cancel a couple of times and do things on her own.”

7. Vanessa Kirby

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Vanessa Kirby broke down how she got in shape for the Mission Impossible films to Harper’s Bazaar. She says that working out for her is about how she feels. “I think all of us really learned that exercise, training, and regime is more about how it makes you feel. If it makes you feel good, then do it.”

8. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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In an interview with The Guardian, Jonathan Rhys Meyers opened up about his life and what he’s learned. One thing he shared was the biggest lesson he’s learned. “That if you really want to do something, you have to do it yourself,” he answered. “But nobody achieves anything on their own. Ask for help.”

9. Maggie Q

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Maggie Q shared some of her wellness secrets in an interview with InStyle. In it, she shared her favorite workouts. Q says that she likes going to classes, and cites OmStar.com as a favorite, specifically their yoga classes. “I've always been more inspired by crowd energy. You are more inspired when you feed off other people in class."

10. Dougray Scott

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Dougray Scott shared some of his diet and exercise secrets in an interview with Coachweb.com. “I have a trainer who lives in my pocket,” he says. “He’s my mate and he owns the gym in LA that I train at. He trains me three times a week and I also do Pilates because my back gets stiff, and Pilates is good for that.”

11. Paula Patton

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Patton said this about what she's looking for in a partner: “You know what the biggest thing is for me? Somebody who really likes to have fun,” said Patton. I want a man, but I want a man that also wants to embrace his inner child. You know? Laugh. Have fun. Enjoy the moment….I just, I want to be happy. Life is too short," she said, according to Essence.

12. Keri Russell

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Keri Russell opened up about her wellness secrets in an interview with Shape. In it, she says that she values time to herself. "Comfort for me is a bike ride. It can be simple: When I'm the one in the morning who gets Matthew and me coffee, alone on my bike. I don't care how cold it is. It could be 23 degrees outside. I need those little bits of time to myself.”

13. Angela Bassett

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Angela Bassett shared some of her workout secrets with BlackDoctor.org. She says that she likes to make plans with others, as it keeps her accountable. “Recently, I got a couple of my girlfriends together and we walked the Rose Bowl. It’s maybe a three-mile thing. It’s about showing up and accountability. You have to say, ‘Everyone will meet at 8:15 a.m.’ I know when I have a real plan then I’m there. If my friends are waiting, that puts a pressure on me not to disappoint them.”

1. Zoe Saldana

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Zoe Saldana plays the female lead character, Neytiri. She shared her diet secrets with Byrdie. “Nutrition is super important in my life. It always has been. These days, I’m really heavy into having a green juice in the morning because it’s hard for me to have a balanced meal sometimes as a working mom. I’m a professional; I’m working all the time. I want to make sure that I get my greens in, so I do that every day, and it helps me a great deal. But I try to be balanced. I don’t like hearing, ‘Oh, I’m doing this diet, or I’m doing that diet.’ I like when people use words like ‘my lifestyle.’ When we use the word ‘diet,’ we’re preparing ourselves for a big sacrifice that we know, the older we get, we’re going to be too weak to fulfill. We just end up crashing and defeating ourselves. So I like telling myself that I’m not doing a diet, that this is my lifestyle, and I’m choosing to have a balanced meal. I don’t like having zero carbs or all protein. I like getting all the nutrition that my body needs so that it can heal itself naturally.”

2. Michelle Rodriguez

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Michelle Rodriguez appeared in the first film as Trudy Chacon. She shared her skincare secrets with Beauty Logic Blog. "My must-have beauty product is my moisturizer. I care more about my skin and its maintenance than I do covering it up. I cover my blemishes when I go out on the town with some tea tree oil to disinfect them, and then I'll put on an oil-free cover up under my eyes if I didn't sleep. After that I will apply a little lip stain on the cheeks (if I've neglected my weekly vitamin intake) for a fresh complexion. I'll put a little mascara, but that sums it up.”

3. Sam Worthington

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Sam Worthington played Jake Sully in the first two films. Despite all his success, Worthington wants to stay humble and live a low-key lifestyle. “My life is still the same,” he said to The Telegraph. “There is a fantastical element to my job because there is loads of glitz and glam attached to it. But I don’t like all that, I didn’t get into this to have my photo taken. If I wanted to be famous I would go on Big Brother.”

4. Sigourney Weaver

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Sigourney Weaver played Dr. Grace Agustine in the first movie, and Kiri Sully in the second. She tells InStyle that being prepared is one of her biggest pieces of acting advice. "You've got to do your work ahead of time," she says. "Then you just go for it. You jump off the cliff."

5. Kate Winslet

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Kate Winslet played Ronal in the second film. She opened up about eating a plant-based diet and loving juicing to MindFood.com. “Our fridge is always full of spinach, kale, cucumbers. I’m vegetarian and my husband is vegan, so there’s a lot of plant-based focus in our home. My husband turning vegan is relatively recent, so that’s been a really fun education because you have to learn to be a little more inventive with foods.”

6. Stephen Lang

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Stephen Lang played Miles Quarich in both films. He shared his approach to fitness in an interview with Men’s Health. "At this point in my life, What's important to me is flexibility, stamina, and strength. And I've added one other thing to that, which is alignment.”

7. Edie Falco

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Edie Falco played Frances Ardmore in the second film. She is known for following a vegetarian diet for years, and recently became vegan. Falco says to The Guardian that this impacted her time on The Sopranos, because her character made a lot of Italian food. “If you watch the scenes in the show where I’m supposed to be cooking, you’ll see the camera never showed my hands, because I have no idea how to do that. That food is not even the kinda stuff I eat. I was vegetarian on the show and I became vegan in the past 10 years.”

8. Matt Gerald

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Matt Gerald played Lyle Wainfleet in both films. He talked about how he chooses roles to play with The Action Elite. “When considering a role, I like to ask a few specific questions. 1) Is the piece well-written? 2) Is the character well-rounded with meaningful impact? 3) Does the project shoot in either Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, New York, New Orleans, or London? Yes to any two of these questions will generally suffice.”

9. Joel David Moore

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Joel David Moore played Dr. Norm Spellman in both films. Ahead of the second film, he talked about his hopes for the franchise with People. "It's not about my small part of this big machine, it's about everybody coming together and finding the joy of filmmaking in a hybrid between tech and emotional quality. The third film is going to be even more [emotional]. We're just piling on every time with the emotions because every time that you take that next step with that family, it's going to be a more emotional journey. And the beautiful thing about that is Jim [Cameron] is never going to leave a question unanswered."

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1. Chris Pratt

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Chris Pratt’s trainer, Duffy Gaver, talked about working with the actor to Muscle and Fitness. “He isn’t the client you have to push; he’s the type of client you have to pull down. If you were to walk into the gym when he was training, you would have thought for sure you’ve got a guy getting ready for the NFL Combine.”

2. Daisy Ridley

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Daisy Ridley opened up about getting in shape to film the Star Wars movies to The Guardian. “I’m the strongest and healthiest I’ve ever been. I didn’t get injured once [on set]. I actually got my kickboxing green belt during filming, which really felt like something.”

3. John Boyega

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John Boyega opened up about his workout and diet in an interview with Men’s Health. He says that he had to work on cutting out junk food, and took himself off of sugar. “That’s my enemy. Doughnuts, chocolate, candy, pie, sodas… the stuff that kills you. I had to get rid of that habit.”

4. Charlize Theron

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Charlize Theron works with trainer, Fedele De Santis, to keep herself in shape. De Santis talked about working with Theron in an interview. “Charlize is an extremely serious, focused, professional, no-B.S. client.She’s so tenacious, my nickname for her is Thundercat!”

5. Keanu Reeves

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Keanu Reeves’ works with trainer, Patrick Murphy, to help him stay in shape. Murphy tells GQ, “Keanu is second to none when it comes to focus and effort for a physical role. He 110% gives it his all, day in and day out. It’s one of the many reasons why he is respected by so many who work with him.”

6. Robert Pattinson

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In an interview with The Evening Standard, Robert Pattinson talked about his approach to diet and exercise. He says that he doesn’t want to obsess over his diet and calories. “Watching your calorie intake is extraordinarily addictive — you don’t quite realise how insidious it is.”

7. Zoe Saldana

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Zoe Saldana opened up about her approach to wellness in an interview with Shape. “I can't work out regularly, so I compensate by eating a lot healthier than I might otherwise,” she explains. “Once you have relatively healthy eating habits, your workout can become playing with your kids, strolling around the neighbourhood, playing airplane, or just changing diapers.”

8. Emily Blunt

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Emily Blunt shared one of her biggest wellness hacks with Glamour. "I would say if you feel yourself coming down with a cold, which I'm like the worst person to nominate this because I sound horrible today - tail end of laryngitis. But... oil of oregano. You sort of just throw a few drops down there. It's disgusting, you burn your throat but I do tend to find it shortens the cold."

9. Chris Pine

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Chris Pine opened up about his life and career to Men’s Journal. He says that he has reached a point of comfort in his career. “I realized after Star Trek that I’d achieved a lot, I was financially independent; but something about my way of going about life wasn’t satisfying me. So I made a decision that my main objective is to be happier, as opposed to more successful. That’s what I want.”

10. Harrison Ford

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In an interview with Esquire, Harrison Ford opened up about what he’s learned in life. “We look for ourselves, and we look for useful information to help us navigate our fucking lives and the world that we’re living in,” he says. “We don’t realize we’re looking for that. But we’re looking to pull out of a fantasy something that’s useful to us. And what’s useful to us is to emotionally participate in things outside of our own lives.”

11. Matt Damon

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Matt Damon’s trainer, Jason Walsh, opened up about how the actor got in shape to Thrillist. Damon was a fan of using the VersaClimber. "On the VersaClimber, he would end up averaging 4,000ft or 4,500ft, which we would do in 30 minutes. Which is really, really good. That's a lot of work in a very, very short amount of time."

12. Jude Law

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Jude Law works with trainer, Johnny Silmon, to help him stay in shape. “Jude always puts a good shift in,” Silmon tells Men’s Journal. In addition to their five sessions a week, Law does an additional two or three on his own. “For the project it wasn’t about hitting a number, it was about making him feel comfortable as an enforcer.”

13. Ryan Gosling

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Ryan Gosling works with trainer, Arin Babaian, to help him stay in shape. He opened up about how Gosling prepped for La La Land to Men’s Journal. “I used our days to build up his legs, core, and back,” says Babaian. “Those were the elements that were going to allow him to carry his own bodyweight and have complete control over his movements. If you are going to be picking people up over your head, you had better be pretty strong.”

14. Jake Gyllenhaal

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In an interview with TODAY, Jake Gyllenhaal opened up about how he got into eating a plant based diet. “My father was already healthy going up and trying different things. he was the first person to introduce me to soy milk. He cooked things with tofu. When you have models like that, it influences you. I think that's been passed onto me."

15. Amy Adams

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Amy Adams is a big fan of Pilates. She works with instructor, Nonna Gleyzer, to help her stay in shape. Gleyzer has several celebrity clients, and opened up about how she approaches working them with E! News. "The goal with them was to make sure they all looked good on film, so we did a lot of elongating posture-focused exercises.”

16. Michael Fassbender

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To help him get in shape for Assassin’s Creed, Michael Fassbender worked with trainer David Kingsbury. He talked about working with Fassbender to Men’s Journal. “If we had a long day, we would transition at some point into Muay Thai or boxing, because it helped get the right look aesthetically, not to mention that it was also helpful for their combat work in the movie.”

17. Milla Jovovich

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Milla Jovovich opened up about her diet in an interview with People. She says that she makes sure that her way of eating is sustainable, and shared her approach. “To be honest, I just found that making sure that 80 percent of my diet during the week is vegetable-based and everything else is just smaller portions, helped my skin, helped my energy levels, just helped everything.”

18. Adam Driver

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Adam Driver works with trainer, Simon Waterson, to help him stay in shape for the Star Wars movies. He shared some of Driver’s workouts and approach to fitness with Men’s Journal. “These workouts were all about the tempo and transitions,” says Waterson. “The movements should be fluid, like one continuous exercise without sacrificing form.”

19. Sam Worthington

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In an interview with Variety, Sam Worthington talked about how his sobriety has affected his life and career. He says that this comes into play with picking roles. “If I can’t bring anything to it, I’m not going to go and be involved in it,” he says. “I don’t want to do that again. I don’t want to just be the action figure standing in the front. And that’s OK. It takes a lot to understand what you do want from this industry.”

20. Sandra Bullock

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Sandra Bullock’s facialist, Georgia Louise, talked about the actress’ skincare routine to People. "I wanted to give [Bullock] something that would transform her skin without the need to undergo lasers, so I loaded up her bespoke facial with something that would give her long-lasting results. I have text threads which would blow your mind from celebrities, asking for the 'penis treatment' all the time now!"