Apple Magazine - USA - Issue 537 (2022-02-11)

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by Simon Kinberg

Genre: Action & Adventure

Released: 2022

Price: $19.99

The 355

A group of international spies – including
CIA oicer Mason “Mace” Browne (Jessica
Chastain), DNI agent and psychologist
Graciela Rivera (Penélope Cruz) and BND
agent Marie Schmidt (Diane Kruger) – come
together to prevent a terrorist organization
from sparking World War III.

FIVE FACTS:

1. Chastain previously worked with The
   355’s director Simon Kinberg on 2019’s
   Dark Phoenix.


2. It was during Dark Phoenix’s production
   that Chastain suggested to Kinberg the idea
   of a female-led spy ilm similar to Mission:
   Impossible and the James Bond series.


3. This ilm’s title refers to agent 355, the
   codename of an unidentiied female spy
   who fought during the American Revolution
   on behalf of the Patriots.


4. Although Marion Cotillard was cast
   in the ilm at one point, she later left for
   personal reasons.


5. Kruger replaced her in The 355, but
   Cotillard has nonetheless appeared in
   promo photos for the ilm.