Movie myth: A spy can chuck protocol out the window in favor of a bad-ass stunt that solves a problem-that is, leaping onto a plane as it takes off without anyone’s permission. In a lot of these cases, they will just kick you out of the country.” So driving fast doesn’t necessarily get you out of trouble. Spy reality: “You can’t outrun the radio, you can’t outrun weapons, you can’t outrun drones.

Movie myth: A luxury car with enough horsepower can get a spy out of any bad situation. Most of the time you are good enough to avoid this kind of thing.” Your best-case scenario is that you’re driving the speed limit the entire time you’re on the mission and no one knows you’re there. trying to escape from something, you’ve really screwed something up.

Spy reality: “High-speed car chases only happen when the mission goes very, very bad,” Houghton says.

They use sex a lot more in the Soviet side and East Germany, using what they call ‘honey traps’ or ‘Romeo spies.’ But it’s much easier to get someone to like you and work with you if you are good-looking and suave and you have the ability to kind of psychologically get into their head a little bit.” And I don’t mean via sex-we frown upon that in the United States. “Sometimes you want people who can recruit using their looks. “You want people who look like Daniel Craig or Tom Cruise if you need someone to go to a high-society function and fit in,” Houghton says. Spy reality: Spies are occasionally kinda hot, and are deployed depending on the mission’s requirements. Vince Houghton, the historian and curator at the International Spy Museum, who dispelled some of the most common movie-spy myths while providing interesting information about the real-life Ethan Hunts of the world. While seeing the absolutely entertaining Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation this weekend, you may find yourself asking some questions: Are all real-life spies as handsome as Tom Cruise? Is it really possible to create a convincing disguise in minutes? What would happen if an actual intelligence officer threw protocol out the window and jumped onto a plane just as it took off? In an effort to answer these questions, we reached out to Dr.

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