What Tom Cruise was thinking as he did his most death-defying Mission: Impossible stunt yet
He celebrated his 61st birthday on Monday at the premiere of his latest Mission Impossible film in Sydney.
But his age hasn’t stopped Tom Cruise from continuing to pull off his own crazy stunts in his action movies.
In his seventh Mission Impossible movie, Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom pulled off his most deadly stunt yet.
Paramount Pictures released a 10-minute video about how the wild stunt was possible, which showed the Hollywood actor riding a motorcycle off a cliff in Norway.
The breathtaking clip shows Tom getting off the bike and free falling for several seconds before pulling a parachute.
Tom Cruise (pictured) turns 61 and continues to do his own crazy stunts in his action movies
Speak against 9Honey celebrity on the red carpet of the movie’s Australian premiere, Tom said there was so much going through his mind while filming this scene.
“I was thinking about performing, because you see me at the beginning, I have to act, but I also think about the helicopter going down, the speed I have to go down that slope,” he said.
‘[Also] not being blown off the slope by a helicopter, not hitting the drone that was at the end of the slope, not having the motor hit me and destabilize me if I have a few seconds before I hit the ground, holding my position as long as I can, because if I open too early, that’s not the intention.’
In his seventh Mission Impossible movie, Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom pulled off his most deadly stunt yet.
The A-lister said he then worried about opening the parachute, praying he wouldn’t hit the side of the mountain and land safely.
Before taking on the death-defying stunt, the A-lister did a lot of training.
He practiced skydiving for the scene and had a ramp built in England so he could do a few dry runs.
Despite the stunt being incredibly dangerous, Tom didn’t wear a helmet on his ride off the cliff.
He normally doesn’t wear a helmet for all his stunts, and on The Sunday Project last weekend he revealed why.
Paramount Pictures released a 10-minute video detailing how the wild stunt was possible, which showed the Hollywood actor riding a motorcycle off the edge of a cliff in Norway
The breathtaking clip shows Tom getting off the bike and free falling for several seconds before pulling a parachute
‘[It] It just doesn’t look cool,’ said Tom.
“I wear a helmet when I ride my motorcycle and when I work out, and I wear pads,” he explained.
‘But when you start filming, all the cushions go off. So I train with helmets on, but when I’m jumping and racing on fast bikes, it’s not cinematic.”
The official trailer for the upcoming Mission: Impossible episode was recently released.
The heartbreaking, fast-paced clip showed plenty of action sequences featuring the Hollywood actor, whose movie Top Gun: Maverick was a huge summer hit of 2022.
He stars alongside Pom Klementieff, Hayley Atwell and fan favorite cast member Simon Pegg.
This is Tom’s seventh MI film and will be released in Australian cinemas on July 8.
Returning to the sequel, Tom’s usual sidekicks are veteran Hollywood names Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson and Vanessa Kirby.
Tom’s seventh MI film and will be released in Australian cinemas on July 8