As Tom Cruise’s action franchise has evolved, so has the real-life inspiration
https://www.polygon.com/23688879/mission-impossible-masks-real-life
Absolutely fascinating!
https://spyscape.com/article/mission-impossible-10-shocking-mask-reveals
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060009/mediaviewer/rm478182400?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_973 Encore (1971)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0649230/?ref_=ttmi_tt
"Certain team members, as masters of disguise, impersonate the target or someone connected to the target using realistic latex face masks and make-up. A few early season episodes showed the painstaking creation and application of these masks, usually by Rollin Hand. This was later omitted as the audience presumably became familiar with the team's methods. In the 1980s revival, the mask-making process involved a digital camera and computer, and was mostly automatic. In most cases, the guest star would play the role of both the original and the agent-imposter (ostensibly Rollin, Paris, or Casey). Some impersonations are done with the explicit cooperation of the person being impersonated. In some cases, the same actor playing the IMF agent also portrayed the person to be impersonated; this most frequently occurred during Martin Landau's tenure on the series, notably in the pilot, or supplied the voice of the person being impersonated by dubbing. Most episodes included a dramatic "reveal" (also referred to as the "peel-off") near the end of the episode in which the team member would remove the mask." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_(1966_TV_series)#Plan
Paul McCartney, Beck - Find My Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Q4hAQ4fEw The cool ending of this video shows Beck removing a Paul McCartney mask, just like in the Mission Impossible movies & TV series.
Paul McCartney, Beck - Find My Way (Behind The Scenes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyIq37bKfro
https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/watch-this-young-paul-mccartney-deepfake-turn-into-beck
Find your way back to the autumn of 1966. Not only was it the start of the Mission:_Impossible_TV_series (and its masks), but the release of the movie, Seconds. Plus, that's when the Paul_is_dead urban legend gradually began. Someone was able to brilliantly draw upon MI and Seconds to create quite an elaborate urban legend.
"After waking, Arthur is informed by the company's Mr. Ruby that their service costs $30,000. It will fake his death in a hotel fire using an anonymous cadaver, then reshape his appearance and provide a fresh start. When Arthur is unsure, an older man, head of the company, shows Arthur a film of the prior staged assault, ostensibly to make his decision easier.
After considering the emptiness in his life, Arthur reluctantly accepts. He undergoes extensive procedures by Dr. Innes that transform not only his facial features, but his vocal cords, teeth, and even fingerprints.
After a lengthy healing period, the younger looking Arthur is conferred the identity Tony Wilson. Tony is relocated by the Company into a beachside community in California. He attempts to assimilate into his new life, in which he is able to live as an artist —a career he had always aspired to..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconds_(1966_film)#Plot
https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2019/06/09/book-review-seconds-david-ely-1962
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/paul-mccartney-addresses-urban-legend-26580345
Does the Paul McCartney urban legend still hold up today?
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paul-mccartney-is-dead-conspiracy-897189
https://onstagemagazine.com/beatles-paul-urban-myths1
https://www.beatlesbible.com/features/paul-is-dead
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/when-paul-was-declared-dead
https://turnmeondeadman.com/paul-is-dead-clues-in-i-am-the-walrus
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Walrus-Was-Paul/R-Gary-Patterson/9780684850627#
Did Paul McCartney really die in 1966? The history of the conspiracy theory | Vinyl Rewind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R18R1YnfRjY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Is_Live#Title_and_cover
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Paul+McCartney
