Along with Cruise, the film stars Simon Pegg playing Benji Dunn, Ving Rhames playing Luther Strickell, Vanessa Kirby playing Alanna Mitsopolis, Hayley Atwell playing Grace, Esai Morales playing Gabriel, Shea Wigham playing Jasper Briggs, Greg Tarzan Davis playing Degas, and Pom Klementieff playing assassin Paris.

In totally normal behaviour for a Mission: Impossible movie, the new trailer teases Tom Cruise's huge stunts for this outing, including Ethan Hunt hanging from the wing of an airborne biplane and vaulting from a ship's deck into the ocean.