20 Declassified Facts About The Mission: Impossible Series
11. M:I2 Made Hugh Jackman's Career
Dougray Scott plays rogue IMF agent Sean Ambrose, the main villain in Mission: Impossible 2. He was Tom Cruise's personal choice for the role. When shooting went over schedule, he had to give up the other major role he'd signed for in that period... Wolverine, in the first X-Men movie (both were released in 2000). That role went instead to a then little-known actor named Jackman.
Scott has done all right for himself, but always seems to miss the really big score. He was also rumored to be playing the new James Bond before that role went to Daniel Craig. In 2014, he was again hand-picked as a villain by the star of an action franchise. Unfortunately, the star was Liam Neeson and the movie was the underwhelming Taken 3.