The restroom scene in Mission Impossible: Fall Out is one of the most memorable in the film.
Originally, it was supposed to be shot in four days, but it ended up taking several weeks as it was so complex to make.
During this sequence, there is a memorable shot where Henry Cavill, after taking a blow, straightens up and gets back into the fight with a determined look.
In doing so, he “recharges” his biceps.
It is quite striking. And this is the first time, to my knowledge, that we see such a thing in a film!
The gesture will know a big buzz and will be highlighted in the trailers of the film.
The funny thing is that this gesture was totally improvised by Henry Cavill. It wasn’t thought through.
The actor did it once in one take, but he didn’t do it again in the next take.
The director then took him aside and asked him to redo what he had just done in the previous take, because he thought it was very cool.
But Cavill didn’t know what he was talking about. He made the gesture spontaneously and immediately forgot about it. It took the director showing him the clip on a monitor for him to realize what it was. He was then able to reproduce it in subsequent takes.