What’s unclear is if the relationship between Jon Hamm’s character and Viper is purely thematic or if there will be some sort of actual storyline connection between them.
Hamm doesn’t entirely discount the idea.
Jon Hamm isn’t exactly old enough to take on a father figure role for Tom Cruise, so it’s no shock that the relationship between the two characters won’t be exactly the same.
But it seems the conflict that we saw in the first movie will be replicated to some degree in the sequel.