Actor Rebecca Ferguson Covers Vogue Scandinavia June 2024 by Marcus Ohlsson AOC Fashion

Actor Rebecca Ferguson covers the June 2024 issue of Vogue Scandinavia [IG], taking time to revisit her Swedish roots and explore her past with a self-reflective frame of mind.

Maria Barsoum styles Ferguson in modern minimalism heavy on coats, posing for photographer Marcus Ohlsson [IG]. / Makeup by Emma Lovell; hair by Jillian Halouska

Ferguson gained critical acclaim in her former role as M16 agent Ilsa Faust the female lead in the fifth Mission: Impossible film, ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’.

When AOC covered the actor in Vogue Hong Kong’s June 2023 issue, we paid homage both to Ilsa Faust and Ferguson’s mastering of her own stunt scenes in the film, while pregnant.

The actor knows when to walk away, and she did leave the Mission Impossible franchise after her three-films contract was up.

The End of Her Mission

"Ilsa was becoming a team player,” Ferguson explained. “And we can all want different things, but for me, Ilsa was rogue. Ilsa was naughty. Ilsa was unpredictable. There was a lot of characters coming in, not leaving enough space for what she had been."

To expand the chorus of actors whose top job was to make Tom Cruise look good, Ferguson wasn’t keen on the submission of Ilsa’s character — and her own talent — to an increasingly minor role.

One assumes the decision is additionally complex when the audience loves both you and your bad-ass character.