Did Mr. Phelps (Jon Voight) know that the Prague mission was a mole hunt?
Although moviegoers are kept in the dark, Missiondirector Brian De Palma says: ”Phelps knows they’re onto him from the moment he gets the message on the plane. That’s when he realizes that the CIA is [aware of] his scheme.” Was Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) supposed to die in Prague? ”No, Phelps was setting up Hunt as the fall guy,” says Cruise’s spokeswoman, Pat Kingsley. ”Phelps wants the IMF to go after Ethan as the mole.” Did Ethan and Claire (Emmanuelle Beart) sleep together? Yes. ”There was a love scene on the train after they recruit” disavowed agents Luther and Krieger (Ving Rhames and Jean Reno), says De Palma, ”but it wasn’t essential.” If that exploding gum works on contact, how can the two unstable substances be on one stick without detonating? ”It looked better to have one piece of gum,” says a Mission insider. Why does Phelps shoot Claire and not Ethan? ”It’s rage,” says De Palma. ”It hits him that he has started something he has no control over. There’s a strugg
