Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol star Jeremy Renner has talked about the possibility of one day taking of the riegns from Tom Cruise as the go to guy for the action franchise.

Currently shooting the franchise’s fourth outing – which has dropped its numerals in favour of the reboot-nodding title  Ghost Protocol – Renner has discussed the future of the series.

“It’s a franchise to potentially take over,” he tells MTV. “I can’t predict the future and what they want, but that’s certainly the idea.”

Renner goes on to reveal that Cruise has been heavily involved in Protocol’s action scenes, while Renner himself has been training in hand-to-hand combat.

“I haven’t gotten to work too much in terms of acting stuff, but the stunts have been insane… Tom has been doing loads. He’s crazy, that guy. It’s unbelievable. He’s fearless. He’s great to watch. He inspires me to want to be better.

“I’m training in the gym and working out and fighting and doing everything I can to try and keep up. I’m doing hand-to-hand combat, Muay Thai and kung fu and learning how to take someone out quickly.”

Renner would seem to be a good choice after having flexed his action muscles in films like S.W.A.T and The Hurt Locker.

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol opens December 2011.

Source: MTV