Christopher McQuarrie deliberately chose the name ‘Ilsa’ for the character who first appeared in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and it’s easy to see why.
Fortunately, writer and director Christopher McQuarrie mentioned the connection to her first, and as Rebecca Ferguson told Gulf News, she played it off like she knew the whole time.
You can’t blame Rebecca Ferguson for thinking that ‘Ilsa’ was a spelling mistake at first.
Clearly it was not a mistake and more than just being a fun homage and tribute to that classic film; this connection has meaning.