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Tom Cruise: I am not afraid of heights — I'm afraid of falling

Tom Cruise is light-hearted at a press conference in Dubai presenting MI4

The Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol press conference was always going to be anything but boring.

Launching the fourth instalment in the MI franchise, the star and producer Tom Cruise made his first appearance in Dubai since filming here last year, joined by British funny man Simon Pegg, American beauty Paula Patton, India's Anil Kapoor, director Brad Bird and producer Bryan Burk on the 124th floor of Dubai's Burj Khalifa. Only this time on the inside.

With talk of life-long friendships and magnificent locations, topped off by much laughter courtesy of Pegg, the feeling was more of a chat between friends than an official event. Love for Bird came gushing from all on the panel.

For example: "We were working six-day weeks," said Burk. "What, you got a day off?" Cruise shot across, to great applause. "How did you manage that?"

Shooting a look back at the star, Burk continued: "After a lot of training, it dawned on me I could potentially be the producer responsible for killing Tom Cruise. In order to shoot we had to break a lot of windows. We told them we were going to remove the windows and they were like, ‘What, you're going to remove windows?' and we were like, ‘Yip, you put 'em in so we can take 'em out.' Everyone was really supportive. It all went so well. That's one of my best Dubai moments."

"I remember the first night we got here," interjected Cruise as Patton and Pegg nodded in agreement. "Because we went snowboarding, to a water park, and then snowboarding again. All in one day," he added.

"I remember because I realised I may have to call Paramount and say, the good news is he survived the building; the bad news is he broke his leg snowboarding," quipped Burk.

Cruise is in the UAE, along with his co-stars, director, producers and writers, for the world premiere of Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, which enjoyed its first screening to the world last night as the opening night gala of the eighth Dubai International Film Festival. The team then move on to Moscow, where the film screens tonight.

"Being out here in the desert, I landed and I knew we wouldn't have much time, so we made the most of it. His Highness [Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai] threw us an amazing party. All of us together we had so much fun shooting this movie, being out at these magnificent locations. There's a great joy in making these incredible movies. My last night I went out to the desert and spent the evening riding camels as the sun was setting — so magical."

‘Memorable moments'

According to Bird, Cruise worked tirelessly for the entire shoot, meaning he did not sleep for anything up to 48 hours at a time.

Life for Simon Pegg was slightly different as he dryly explained. "Well, I was here for about four weeks and I did two days' shooting, so I had a great time," he said to an eruption of laughter from the room, including the panel. "I went indoor sky diving, go karting, waterpark, shopping... A lot of shopping. One of my most memorable moments was one day while [Cruise] was filming, seeing all these people working tirelessly to keep him alive — and seeing him just gleefully running from side to side of the building. I think it was one of the only times in my adult life when I thought, ‘Thank God I'm not Tom Cruise.'"

Cruise shocked the world for six weeks last autumn during filming as he performed stunt after crazy stunt on some of Dubai's most famous landmarks, including the outside of the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa.

Incredible stunt sequences feature throughout the movie, including the now iconic scene of Cruise running around the upper levels of the world's tallest tower.

"The first time I did it, I actually got to do it with pads and a helmet. I trained for months and then came the moment of running along the building. When I saw the first designs from Brad I knew it would be amazing. I thought it would be very challenging for an audience as well as me. That's why I wanted to do it. There was a moment when I slammed into the building. I didn't quite make it around because I had to figure out actually how to fly. The shot he wanted was so elegant it took a while to figure out how not to come head first into the building," said Cruise.

Director Bird interrupted: "Tom was messing around with stuntmen and I was having another conversation with someone else. The sun was going down and I kind of forgot he was out there," said Bird as Cruise looked on laughing. "Suddenly we saw this body and heard this "woooooooooo" as Tom flew past the window. We saw this body arching around and then he went out of view and we just heard ‘bump, bump'. We were like, ‘Oh my God.' Then we heard laughter, this small ‘he he he' from down below. That was the first time I realised it was going to be a really long shoot," said Bird.

Bird managed a few minutes of talk time along with Tom's co-stars Paula Patton, Simon Pegg and Anil Kapoor, but it was a humble Cruise the press wanted answers from.

"It's beautiful," said Cruise when asked his view on Dubai. "I was looking at the city as it was being built. I was looking at photographs as it was going up. I was on a layover once — refuelling here — and every time I've been I've wanted to film here. It's a very cinematic city. The way it's set up, it's incredibly modern, an extraordinary accomplishment."

Other key scenes were filmed at the Dubai International Financial Centre, in Satwa and at the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray hotel on the Palm, which stood in for a palatial Mumbai mansion, while a four-storey mock-up of the Burj Khalifa was also used for filming in the International Media Production Zone.

"When you're making a film, you really need the help of the community in order to accomplish what you're trying to accomplish. That also allows you to celebrate the location."

So is there anything Cruise isn't scared of?

"I am not afraid of heights — I'm afraid of falling," he quipped. "There was just one thing that I had in my mind, I hope I don't fall."

Nerve-wracking

Not surprisingly, while Cruise may be able to handle his terrifying, death-defying stunts — many of which he performs himself in full — his actress wife Katie Holmes, and daughter Suri don't fare quite as well. Is his penchant for stunts an issue at home?

"You'll have to ask my wife," replied Cruise before Bird spilled the beans.

"Katie and Suri came in when we were filming Tom falling from the building. They were there for two takes and then Katie was like, ‘OK, we're done — we're going shopping now. See you back at the hotel later, dear.'

"And I don't blame her one bit," he continued. "It is too upsetting. It really is nerve-wracking to watch."

Respectful of his family's privacy, Cruise is renowned for remaining tight-lipped when it comes to his personal life but couldn't help but interject: "Kate knows I hike and I climb. I ride motorcycles and fly planes. She's just like, ‘Go do your work,' and she's so supportive and helpful. For me, I couldn't do what I do without her."

While the final results are worth it, according to Cruise, getting an insurance policy isn't always as easy.

"One of the stuntmen had a five-hour meeting with them [the insurance company] and they wanted us to wear parachutes. So we hired another [company]," he laughed. "We tell them, ‘This is what we're going to do.' And then we delay sending the footage to the film company for as long as possible so nobody is alarmed too early. By then we're like, ‘Well, we had to do it, to finish the movie.'

"But it's actually harder to get insurance to climb and fly planes than it was to jump from this building."

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10 Movies That'll Make You Afraid Of Heights

Movie fans who are already scared of heights will soon be joined by anyone who watches some of these acrophobic films featuring death-defying scenes.

There are a number of movies that excel in creating a physical reaction in viewers, whether it's through nail-biting tension or action-packed excitement. However, the movies that touch on our fears are often the ones we remember the most, especially when examining the incredibly common acrophobia, which is a fear of heights.

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Fans have enjoyed movies that have challenged these fears for years, ranging from the Hitchcock area of psychological horror to biopics of intense high-wire acts that both terrify and impress. And if some fans are lucky enough to not suffer from this sometimes debilitating fear, these movies have scenes that will make almost any viewer scared of heights.

10 Vertigo & High Anxiety

Runtimes: 2h 9m, and 1h 34m.

Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock directed quite a few classic films that explored humanity's fear of heights in various ways, including 1958's Vertigo . Jimmy Stewart played a private investigator with acrophobia that triggered extreme vertigo, which put him in a few dangerous situations when he investigated a case.

That case and his extreme acrophobia led to him being institutionalized before he attempted to overcome his fear. Comedic legend Mel Brooks directed and starred in 1977's High Anxiety , which parodied a number of Alfred Hitchcock movies but managed to still elicit some of the same emotions of fear amidst the humor.

9 Stephen King's Cat's Eye

Runtime: 1h 34m.

1985's Cat's Eye was an anthology film that adapted a few short stories from Stephen King that included "The Ledge" from his Night Shift collection. Robert Hays starred as a man forced into a deadly wager with a casino crime boss who makes him walk on a building's ledge on a windy night for his life.

The crime boss and stilted lover, and an incessant pigeon try his best to distract him along the tense and dangerous walk across the ledge, which is a short but sweet shot of adrenaline for even those who aren't afraid of heights.

8 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Runtime: 2h 13m.

Tom Cruise is known for his jaw-dropping stunts and action-packed movies, though one that would especially cause a newfound fear of heights in anyone, appeared in 2011's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol . The fourth film in the Mission: Impossible franchise followed disavowed IMF agent Ethan Hawke and his team as they attempted to stop a potentially global nuclear threat.

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He was forced to scale the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai in a heart-stopping stunt that was performed on location to increase the tension. Cruise has pushed the limit with his intense stunts for years, but Ghost Protocol 's gut-churning free solo climb of Burj Khalifa will always rank near the top.

7 Saboteur & North By Northwest

Runtimes: 1h 49m, and 2h 16m.

Both 1942's Saboteur and 1959's North by Northwest featured intense finales set atop American monuments that had theater-goers on the edge of their seats due to the high-altitude horror. A framed man tracks down the real man responsible in Saboteur when he uncovers a plot to terrorist plot, and their final scene takes place on the torch of the Statue of Liberty.

In North by Northwest , a case of mistaken identity turns a man into an unwitting agent who has a final showdown on top of Mount Rushmore. He is forced to climb down the face of the monument alongside the real agent in a series of tense moments that ultimately lead to romance, but are no less terrifying to anyone with an aversion to heights.

6 Skyscraper

Runtime: 1h 43m.

Dwayne Johnson starred in 2018's Skyscraper as a former Marine turned security consultant who is manipulated and framed for a terrorist attack on the new "eighth wonder of the world." The Pearl was an advanced skyscraper with a highly-advanced simulation dome at the top of the building that allowed for stunning views of the world below.

The family man is forced to go to extreme lengths to return to The Pearl after the attack endangers his family in residence. He first uses a crane to jump across a huge gap at an elevated height before entering into numerous high-altitude confrontations with the terrorists to rescue his family.

5 Cliffhanger

Runtime: 1h 53m.

1993's Cliffhanger starred Sylvester Stallone as Gabe Walker , a former emergency rescue worker who finds himself held captive on the mountain by a team of armed international thieves looking for lost bundles of cash from a failed airborne heist.

While his fight to stop the terrorists and free his captive friend features a few tense high-altitude moments that are sure to keep audiences on the edge of their seats, it was the movie's shockingly intense opening rescue attempt on a high rescue line that could lead to a fear of heights in viewers.

Runtime: 2h 12m

Bruce Willis starred as New York cop John McClane for the first time in 1988's Die Hard when he tried to stop a well-trained team of thieves posing as terrorists during their takeover of a skyscraper still under construction. The team took an entire Christmas party hostage in order to help them break into the vault, though McClane intervened at every step.

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While McClane's terrifying escape off the roof of Nakatomi Plaza is more than enough to instill a fear of heights, it's his heart-wrenching trip down the building's elevator shift that really puts fans on the edge of their seats during the action-packed thriller. Alan Rickman's Hans Grube also experienced a deadly fall from the roof that has become an iconic cinematic shot

3 Furious 7

Runtime: 2h 20m.

The fast-driving heist team turned international government agents returned for another mission in 2015's Furious 7 , which featured an impressive advancement of car-related stunts that have become a staple of the Fast and Furious franchise. Furious 7 featured two unforgettable scenes that could trigger a fear of heights which wowed fans and set new limits for action movies.

The team is forced to steal a valuable computer program from a suite in the Etihad Towers, and their only escape was to drive a car out of the high-level suite and into one of the nearby buildings before repeating the move. The crew also air-dropped themselves in vehicles from an airplane onto a mountain roadway with varying degrees of success to further terrify and excite fans.

Runtime: 2h 3m

Joesph Gordon-Levitt starred as real-world high-wire artist Philippe Petit in 2015's The Walk , who was inspired to walk on a tightrope wired across the twin towers of the World Trade Center after he saw a magazine article about the still-in-construction buildings.

The movie takes viewers up to the top of the skyscrapers for every step of Petit's journey alongside his team to sneak into the building and stretch a wire across the towers in secret to pulling off the heart-stopping high-wire performance. 2008's documentary Man on Wire chronicles Petit's real-world death-defying stunt that will also serve to raise the pulse of viewers.

1 Free Solo

Runtime: 1h 40m.

Characters like Ethan Hunt and Gabe Walker make extreme rock climbing seem easy on the big screen. However, 2018's Academy Award-winning documentary Free Solo followed climber Alex Honnold as he showed them all how it's really done when he attempted the first free solo climb of Yosemite's El Capitan.

Honnold's climb of the 3, 200 ft rock formation was filmed in breathtaking detail by a team of professional climbers and cameramen, which captured the terror and excitement that comes from solo free climbing a cliff face without a rope. The documentary is sure to stoke anyone's fear of heights, but also incite their sense of adventure.

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Fear of heights

By wenocancer2 , September 10, 2007 in Carnival Cruise Lines

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wenocancer2

I was just wondering if anyone out there is afraid of heights and has an opinion on cruising with this fear. My brother-in-law refuses to get on a ship because of its height (one story is too high for this guy). I’d love to hear how people who suffer from this may have handled a cruise, and if they were nervous about it in the first place.

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I do.. but dont find being on a cruise ship affects me.. If i were, lets say, go to the top of the Empire State building.. i would not be able to look down.. But it does not happen on the ship..( i also dont fly)

Does he go into buildings taller than 12 stories on land? He can do a cruise ship.

Just tell him not to stand at the rail looking straight down. He can be in the middle of the ship looking off at the horizon and it shouldn't affect him that much.

Yep, just don't look down.LOL

nothomeonacruise

I am afraid of heights, too. I just avoid the glass elevators. The few times we took the glass elevators I faced forward and didn't look behind me. I still had a wonderful time!

The ship doesn't bother me and I'm terrified of heights.

MamaParrotHead

I think fear of heights comes in many degrees. To try to describe my fear...I don't ride any theme park/carnival rides (even the kiddie ferris wheel), I don't do any housework that requires me to help my DH on the roof of our 2 story home, it's pretty difficult for me to climb stairs that are made of that metal grating (that you can see through) or that there aren't backs on the stairs themselves.

The only time it bothers me on a cruise is when we snorkel. It's hard to explain to someone who doesn't have a fear of heights...but when we snorkel and the water gets deep...I get the same feeling looking down to the bottom of the water as I do when I'm somewhere high and look down below. And that could be easy to avoid for your BIL.

My only other question would be, how are you planning to get him to the port? I myself have no fear of flying (I think, for me, it has to do with my being ENCLOSED).

Good luck. But if he honestly isn't going for it, please be respectful of his fear. It would be terrifying for him to cave to the pressure being put on him and agree to go, and then be scared and become a prisoner in his cabin the entire time. I'm sure everyone else's trip would be ruined out of concern for him, and it obviously woudln't be much of a vacation for him either.

I am afraid of heights myself.. on my 1st cruise.. it took be about 2 hours to step foot on our balcony.. now after 3 cruises I rush to the balcony:D As for the glass elevators they were very intimidating at first but after a few rides I have no issue anymore.. I did and probably still will with the stairs leaving the supper club on the Legend .. they are glass and show I don't know how many decks down.. but I put one foot on the step leaving the club.. noticed they were glass and my knees got weak I had to go take the elevator down:eek: I still have not ventured on deck 10 to look over the side or try to go up to the bridge where you can look over the sides on that walkway.. maybe in time.. more cruises equals more time:p

i have a terrible fear of heights and the upper floors around the atrium does bother me.....nothing worse than hanging close to the wall as you walk becaause others simply don't know you can't get near the railing...the balcony wasn't a problem at all

I don't have a fear of heights but more a case of vertigo. When I'm at a sheer drop off (doesn't matter if it's 5 feet or 500) I lose my balance and fear I will fall over. I can got to the top of a mountain if it's a gently rolling slope all the way down but get me to a sheer cliff and unless two people I trust implicitly have a secure hold on me I can't get close to the edge.

So not sure if this is the same thing your brother fears but all I can say is it's never affected my enjoyment of a cruise. I can go out on the balcony, just can't lean against the railing. Though I have to admit when it's really windy I won't go near the railings on deck for fear I'll blow over. I just don't bother booking ziplining excursions cause I figure Id get up there and not be able to jump off.

  The only time it bothers me on a cruise is when we snorkel. It's hard to explain to someone who doesn't have a fear of heights...but when we snorkel and the water gets deep...I get the same feeling looking down to the bottom of the water as I do when I'm somewhere high and look down below. And that could be easy to avoid for your BIL.  

I was just talking about this to my family, because they want to snorkel. I don't like deep water, either. I'm fine in a pool, but dark or deep water is scary. I'm not bothered with it on a ship, but I would be if we went snorkeling. I'll just let them go, and I'll enjoy a good book, and a foo foo drink on the beach.:D

I have a fear of heights/falling. Has your brother discussed this with his physician? I take medication menopausal symptons and this helped with my anxiety/fear. If I can go to the balcony at my own pace I am fine.

Went to the top of the Stratosphere in Vegas and nearly had a melt down. Thought I would be fine as it was nightfall and I was able to control the fear if I didn't look down.....but the wind hit my face. They had to pry my hands off the rail and walk me backwards to get off the observation deck!:eek:

I have a fear of heights as well. I just don't go hanging over the railing. Otherwise it's just like walking around inside a hotel.

direfun2000

I don't have a fear of heights but more a case of vertigo. When I'm at a sheer drop off (doesn't matter if it's 5 feet or 500) I lose my balance and fear I will fall over. I can got to the top of a mountain if it's a gently rolling slope all the way down but get me to a sheer cliff and unless two people I trust implicitly have a secure hold on me I can't get close to the edge.   So not sure if this is the same thing your brother fears but all I can say is it's never affected my enjoyment of a cruise. I can go out on the balcony, just can't lean against the railing. Though I have to admit when it's really windy I won't go near the railings on deck for fear I'll blow over. I just don't bother booking ziplining excursions cause I figure Id get up there and not be able to jump off.

Honey I'm just like you. We were in california last week for a week long tour. Our director said that on the last day we would travel the Big Sur highway where there is no guard rail and it is a sheer drop 5000 ft down to the rocky coast!!!!

I said hell no, then booked a 3 hour spa appt at the hotel to erase those thoughts from my mind. :)

crusinmama06

Do you think that is his only fear or is he truly using that as an excuse? I have a fear of heights. But I just don't lean over the railing.

You know how people can be, they come up with a million reasons not to step foot on a ship.

So throwing yourself out of a perfectly good aircraft is okay?:cool: ;)

Honey I'm just like you. We were in california last week for a week long tour. Our director said that on the last day we would travel the Big Sur highway where there is no guard rail and it is a sheer drop 5000 ft down to the rocky coast!!!!   I said hell no, then booked a 3 hour spa appt at the hotel to erase those thoughts from my mind. :)     Rob

Ha, I've taken Rocky Mountain and Norwegian coach tours where it wasn't optional tour that took me along mountain roads with sheer drops and no guard rails. I always inform the driver/guide of my situation and they forewarn me so I make sure I sit on the opposite side of the coach on the isle seat and close my eyes until it's over. LOL

WillCruz4Food

The water is so crystal clear in most of these ports that you would see anything that wants to eat you coming from a mile away. :D

That's different lol....

My only fear is that I always want to jump from high places :D

don't pull the red one LOL.

Captain Canuck

I too have a fear of heights. 4 feet above the ground is enough to start me going wobbly. my fear only kicks in if the wind hits my face...I am ok high up if I am enclosed..tall buildings, airplanes are not a problem. so I can cruise ok...I just don't get too near railings.

If you have a bad fear of heights I would go for an inside cabin...no looking down. you can avoid areas where you have to look down and still enjoy the cruise.

she who must be obeyed is making me book a balcony on our next cruise...I will maybe go out there once just to see...taking extra underwear just in case

We had to go through Tioga pass to get into Yosemite @ 10,000 ft. I took my video Ipod and high tailed it to the back of the bus where I could focus on my music vids and tv shows!

If he's afraid of heights, don't even consider the PRIDE. Should you go on the PRIDE and want to try David's Supper Club, look out! The stairway from the Lido deck up to David's is clear plastic and curves out over the atrium. Look down at your feet and you see all the way down about 10 stories. I'm not afraid of heights but that gave me quite a "tickle."

I do not have a HORROR of heights, but being in tall buildings or on amusement park rides that are high off the ground makes me very nervous. I will NOT fly in an airplane, though. Frankly, I expected to be overwhelmed at first sight of the cruise ship, and I fully expected to have to overcome some level of fear. However, I never felt the least bit of anxiety over the size and height of the Conquest. I was surprised at how relaxed I was, the first time I leaned on the rail of the Lido deck and looked out across the water. I have no idea if your BIL would feel the way I did, though.

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Tom Cruise is many things. Afraid of heights is not one of them.

The 48-year-old actor has long insisted on performing his own stunts for his high-octane action movies, famously scaling the face of a mountain in Sydney, Australia, for the opening sequence of "Mission: Impossible II." But that dangerous stunt has nothing on Cruise's latest feat in "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol," the fourth entry in the espionage series. In round four, Cruise is trading in a mountain for the tallest skyscraper in the world.

Photos have surfaced of Cruise hanging on the side of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai, which stands as the world's tallest building at 2,717 feet. Cruise, reprising his famous role as super-spy extraordinaire Ethan Hunt, filmed his scenes along with another unidentified actor, reportedly leaping over the man during a chase sequence that involves a helicopter hovering a mere ten feet from Burj Khalifa.

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‘Mission: Impossible’ star Tom Cruise defies age with dangerous stunts: experts

Cruise, 61, stars in 'mission: impossible - dead reckoning,' the 7th movie of franchise.

Tom Cruise takes on speed flying for 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One'

Go behind the scenes with Tom Cruise as he performs one of the "most dangerous sports in the world" for "Mission: Impossible." (Paramount Pictures / Skydance)

Tom Cruise has proven to be one of the most daring actors in Hollywood.

Throughout his career, Cruise has starred in many action movies, most notably the "Mission: Impossible" and "Top Gun" franchises. While most stars opt to have stunt doubles perform the more dangerous scenes in their films, Cruise likes to perform them himself.

"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning," the seventh installment of the franchise, promises to feature one of his most dangerous stunts to date, and at 61 years old, Cruise shows no sign of stopping.

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Tom Cruise at premiere for "Mission: Impossible" (Don Arnold/WireImage)

So how is he able to pull off such demanding stunts?

According to Christine Haas , entertainment PR expert and CEO of Haas Media, it's thanks to the consistent work he's put into the body over the years.

"Tom Cruise is notorious for his physical fitness and overall rigorous discipline," Haas explained to Fox News Digital. "After speaking with a director who worked very closely with Tom Cruise over the past decade, it was very apparent that he has a high level of energy and is consistently auditing his behavior and actions daily with the help of his Scientology team."

"This level of demand and drive allows him to defy age and perform physically demanding stunts, leading to the consistent development of a masterful personal brand."

But these stunts pose a serious risk. Doug Eldridge of Achilles PR explained to Fox News Digital that Keanu Reeves also did most of his stunts throughout the "John Wick" franchise, but Reeves and Cruise are really the only ones playing that dual role — of actor and stuntman — in Hollywood these days.  

Keanu Reeves is known to do his own dangerous stunts. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

"Insurance is a big factor in all of this," he explained. "Studios have to take out aggressive policies to cover actors, stunt sequences, set locations, etc. From their point of view, the idea of Cruise holding onto the wing of an airplane or jumping a cliff on a motorcycle has really become a one-off in Hollywood."

"Few (if any) actors have the desire or dedication to do it, and even fewer studios have the willingness to underwrite that type of effort. In a sense, this is almost a ‘grandfathered’ aspect of Old Hollywood — Cruise is the last and only one doing this type of stunt work; when he’s done, that niche and chapter will close with him."

Haas suggested, "I believe he is one of very few celebrities who can continue with these types of risks because of the intense physical and mental protocol he lives by ... without that consistent training, it would be far more dangerous. Like someone training for a marathon, he stays prepared instead of allowing his fitness level to regress and expose him to injuries."

Here is a look back at some of the actor's most death-defying stunts over the years.

Tom Cruise performed what's known as the HALO Jump, which consists of jumping out of a plane flying at 25,000 feet. (Paramount)

The sixth installment in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, "Mission: Impossible - Fallout," featured a number of crazy stunts, including what is known as the HALO jump.

Usually conducted by military special forces, HALO stands for "high altitude, low opening." During the parachute jump, an individual jumps out of a plane at an extremely high altitude, usually 25,000 to 40,000 feet, and doesn't open their parachute until they're about 800 feet from the ground. According to the National Air and Space Museum, an average skydiver will only go up to 15,000 feet and deploy their parachute at 3,000 feet.

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Tom Cruise had to wear a special helmet, which also acted as an oxygen mask while doing the stunt. (The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images)

One of the biggest concerns about the stunt was the possibility of losing oxygen when jumping from such a height. According to the Hollywood Reporter, a special helmet was made to allow Cruise to execute the stunt, which also acted as an oxygen mask and a windshield to protect his face.

"The aircraft is going between these C-17s between 160 and 200 miles an hour, so at that level of turbulence, we had to find a way to exit the aircraft," Cruise said in a behind-the-scenes feature. "Then it was, we only got one take a day. I spent the whole day training and at night we would get that one take, and if there was one mistake, that was it, the take was gone."

Cruise practiced the jump throughout the day at lower altitudes and only had one chance each day to get the stunt right. (Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

They ended up doing more than 100 takes to get the shot just right.

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Business Insider reported that the stunt, which was being filmed in England, almost didn't happen because the Royal Air Force didn't think it was safe and insisted they do the jump from a lower altitude.

"Tom didn't want to fake it — he wanted to do it for real at 25,000 feet," stunt coordinator Allan Hewitt told the outlet. "But the producers said they weren't going to another country. It really looked like we were going to fake it with the RAF."

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They were eventually able to film the stunt how they wanted after production was halted due to Cruise injuring himself, causing them to miss the window of opportunity the RAF had set aside to film with them. They ended up filming the stunt in Abu Dhabi to get the scene how they wanted it.

Cruise consistently pushes the limits as he performs dangerous stunts. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"If Tom didn't break his ankle, we would have ended up faking it, which nobody wanted," Hewitt said.

Broken Bones

Tom Cruise broke his ankle when he jumped from one building to another while filming "Mission: Impossible - Fallout." (Paramount)

Although it doesn't seem like his most dangerous stunt on this list, jumping from one building to another for "Mission Impossible - Fallout" left Cruise with a broken ankle.

The star's injury caused production on the movie to be delayed for a few months while he healed. In an interview on "The Graham Norton Show," Cruise revealed he went back to filming the movie before his leg had completely healed in order to finish the film in time to meet the release date.

According to the film's writer and director, Christopher McQuarrie, the stunt never involved Cruise successfully making the jump and landing on the roof of the second building.

"He was always supposed to slam into the side of the building. That’s what gives the stunt its energy," McQuarrie told Empire in August 2017. "On the fourth try, he hit the building at a slightly different angle, and he broke his ankle."

Cruise and the rest of the "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" cast watched footage of him breaking his ankle while they were on "The Graham Norton Show." (Han Myung-Gu/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

While on "The Graham Norton Show," Cruise and the rest of the "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" cast watched footage of the actor's accident , with Norton pointing out that Cruise continued acting and finished the scene even after the break.

"I didn't want to do it again," Cruise said. "I knew instantly it was broken, and I just run past camera. We got the shot, it's in the movie. That profile shot, both the shots are in the movie. … I just went, I said, ‘Sorry guys, it’s broken. Take me to the hospital, it's broken. That's a wrap.' The crew got on the phone and made their vacation arrangements."

Hanging off the Burj Khalifa

Tom Cruise scaled the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, as part of a stunt for "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol." (Paramount)

One of the most dangerous stunts Cruise has ever pulled off in a "Mission: Impossible" movie came in the franchise's fourth installment, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol."

Cruise first climbs 200 feet up the side of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, and eventually ends up hanging out of one of the building's windows, all while 1,700 feet in the air.

At first, production was unsure if the owners of the Burj Khalifa would allow them to film on the building, so they built three floors of the exterior in a soundstage. According to the film's stunt coordinator, Gregg Smrz, the owner initially only allowed them to film on-site for one day. However, after a great first day of filming, he allowed them to come back, and the soundstage was only used once.

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"That was probably the most nail-biting day of the show," Smrz told Yahoo News in 2021 about filming Cruise's fall from the building. "Somebody said, 'What if the cable breaks?' And I said, 'That's not an option.' We actually did the math, and there was enough time of free fall for him to text me on the way down and for me to receive it!"

Stunt coordinator, Gregg Smrz, was very nervous when filming the scene in which Cruise falls out of a window of the Burj Khalifa. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for DIFF)

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Not only did Cruise complete the stunt without getting hurt, he also decided to take things a step further and pose for a picture sitting at the very top of the building. He was taken to the top with a helicopter and posed without being attached to any wires.

He discussed the picture during an appearance on "The Graham Norton Show" in 2014, revealing, "I didn't feel like I would fall. I wasn't thinking of falling that day. … I don't feel invulnerable, but I didn't feel necessarily vulnerable."

Hanging on for dear life

Tom Cruise attempted one of his most dangerous stunts when he agreed to hang off the side of a plane while it took off in "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation." (Paramount)

The opening scene of "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" featured one of Cruise's most death-defying stunts.

In the scene, Cruise hangs on to the door of an Airbus 400 as it takes off and flies around for at least six to seven minutes at a minimum of 1,000 feet, and he continued to hang on as the plane landed and taxied on the runway.

Many measures were taken to ensure Cruise would be safe while performing the stunt, including providing the actor with specially made contact lenses to protect his eyes.

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"Tom was in a full body harness, and he’s cabled and wired to the plane through [its] door," cinematographer Robert Elswit told The Hollywood Reporter in 2015. "Inside the aircraft was an aluminum truss that was carefully bolted to the plane, which held the wires that went through the door, which held Tom."

Cruise clung to the side of an Airbus A400 for the opening scene of "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. (Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

To successfully capture the stunt, a camera was mounted onto the plane and a helicopter flew next to the plane to capture shots of Cruise hanging onto the door. In an interview with "Entertainment Tonight," Cruise explained they did the stunt eight times in freezing temperatures.

Elswit called Cruise "the most obsessive artist" and said the actor probably wouldn't want the sequence to be in the movie if a stunt double was used. "I’m always stunned. What inside of him makes it possible for anybody to do that kind of s--- and not be scared s---less? He loves it," Elswit said.

"I couldn't sleep the night before, and I was just going through my mind, ‘Did we check everything?’ and then came the day. I was like, 'OK, this is really going to happen," Cruise said in a behind-the-scenes featurette of the film.

Cruise told "Entertainment Tonight" that the only thing he was thinking when he was getting ready for the stunt was "Holy s---."

Cruise admits to feeling fear when performing stunts for his movies but says he doesn't let that fear stop him. (Ilgan Sports/Multi-Bits via Getty Images)

"Going down that runway, I was thinking, ‘Holy s---!’" Cruise said. "It's not that you don't feel that fear, it's just it doesn't stop me from doing it. I kind of enjoy that feeling. … We went from the studio to the airport, and it was a foggy, rainy night, and we landed and this thing just looked like a beast. It was in the fog and it was lit. It was just sitting there, like, 'Yeah!'"

Free climbing

Tom Cruise refused to allow a stunt double to perform the stunt in his place, insisting he perform the stunt himself. (Paramount)

Cruise climbed the side of a rock for the dangerous opening scene of "Mission: Impossible 2."

Not only did he have to climb the boulder, he had to jump across a gap between two rocks, simulate a fall and then hang from a rock ledge before pulling himself up onto the rock.

Producers tried to convince the actor to perform the stunt on a sound stage, but Cruise was adamant about doing the scene in the deserts of Moab, Utah. The film's director, John Woo, told "Entertainment Weekly," "I tried to stop him and I couldn’t," admitting he "couldn’t even watch the monitor" while filming.

In a behind-the-scenes featurette for the film, Cruise explained he didn't blame Woo for being so nervous on the set, saying, "John was so nervous that I might plummet to my death."

Tom Cruise attends the premiere for the second installment of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise. (Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images)

"We had five cameras on the cliff, including a helicopter camera, a camera on a crane and cameramen hanging from safety cables, but we had focus problems, so we had to do it again and again," Woo told "Entertainment Weekly." "But Tom would say, ‘I’m OK, John, don’t worry, I want to do it one more time.'"

"The opening sequence just wouldn’t have been the same if he hadn’t done it himself," co-star John Polson told "Entertainment Weekly." "No amount of special effects can make you feel like that because you can tell that it’s really just him."

While everyone on the set was nervous, Cruise explained in a behind-the-scenes featurette that he was just excited to climb.

In a behind-the-scenes feature for the movie, Cruise said he's never been afraid of heights and had always wanted to climb. (Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

"I've always wanted to climb, and I love climbing, and I'm always working … with the kids and with Nic (then-wife Nicole Kidman), so this gives me a good excuse. I get to climb with the world's greatest," Cruise said. "I've never had a problem with heights. As a kid, anytime I'd get to the edge, I'd want to jump off. I don't know what it is, it's subconscious. I don't want to kill myself, I want to fly."

Helicopter hanging

Tom Cruise climbed up a rope to the inside of a helicopter and then flew the vehicle while filming "Mission: Impossible - Fallout." (Paramount)

In yet another death-defying stunt, Cruise hangs from a rope attached to a flying helicopter in a scene for "Mission: Impossible - Fallout." 

The scene required Cruise to fly a helicopter, so he took the necessary 2,000 hours of in-flight training and got his pilot's license.

"I remember it was freezing, my hands were numb," Cruise said about climbing to the helicopter in a behind-the-scenes video. "I have to try to climb as fast as I can up that rope, and then it's a free-fall to the bag."

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While Cruise knew he was fully in control of the stunt, his co-stars watching from the ground were terrified.

"I actually thought he fell, and I heard myself scream," Rebecca Ferguson said in the Blu-ray interview, and Henry Cavill added, "There was an audible gasp from the crowd. That’s a huge drop."

Cruise's co-star, Rebecca Ferguson, thought Cruise actually fell when he performed the free-fall portion of the stunt. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

In a behind-the-scenes clip detailing the stunt, producer Jake Myers explained that the most nerve-wracking part of filming the helicopter chase was the 360-degree barrel roll he needed to execute, saying it is so dangerous even most seasoned pilots won't try it.

"Flying a helicopter takes a lot of skill," aerial coordinator Marc Wolff explained in the feature. "To put someone like Tom in a situation like this is almost impossible to imagine."

Myers explained that when a helicopter chase is filmed, there typically aren't cameras pointed toward the pilot, but they wanted to make sure audiences knew Cruise was the one really piloting the aircraft, so they found a way to mount cameras on all sides of the helicopter to showcase Cruise's new talent.

While filming the seventh "Mission: Impossible" movie, Cruise landed his helicopter in the garden of a British family. (James Devaney/GC Images)

Since learning to pilot a helicopter for the movie, Cruise has flown many more times, and he has been known to land in some questionable places. When filming "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1," the airport was closed and Cruise was forced to land his helicopter in the backyard of a British family. They weren't told who was in the helicopter, only that it was a "VIP who was running late."

"I thought it would be kind of cool for the kids to see the helicopter land in the garden," Alison Webb, the owner of the home, told the BBC. "He basically arrived and got out, and it was like, ‘Wow.’ He went straight over to the children for a chat, then came over and elbow-bumped us and said thank you very much. Then he said if the kids would like, they could go up in the helicopter."

Underwater mayhem

Tom Cruise had to learn to hold his breath for six minutes in order to film a scene in "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation." (Paramount)

One of the most impressive stunts Cruise performed was for "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation," when Cruise filmed a scene underwater, holding his breath for six minutes.

While it was possible to film the scene using CGI or take frequent breaks for Cruise to catch his breath, the actor insisted the stunt be as realistic as possible and trained himself to hold his breath for a record-breaking 6 and a half minutes.

Tom Cruise is never afraid to get dangerous. (JC Olivera)

"Normally in underwater sequences, people hold their breath for 10 seconds, 15 seconds max," Cruise said in a behind-the-scenes video. "So, I had to prove to everyone that it was actually safe and spend time with the safety guys and the safety officers to show them, look, not only is it safe, it’s better that I know how to hold my breath because I’m going to be very relaxed. No one’s going to have to rush in, no one’s going to have to panic."

The free-diving expert on the set, Kirk Krack, explained that he trained Cruise using a breath-hold specialization program that is used for the military. Crew members were both shocked and terrified while watching Cruise train, with one person saying in the video, "Tom’s very comfortable underwater, and he likes to challenge the crew by staying under longer than he should on a breath-hold, get us all worried."

Cruise had to convince producers it was safe for him to learn to hold his breath underwater for several minutes. (Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures International)

Cruise spoke about the experience on "The Graham Norton Show" in 2016, saying it took a lot of practice to get past the pain of pushing his body to the limit, and he explained the agony he felt the first few times he tried it.

"You have these free divers that came in and trained me how to do it. It's not pleasant," Cruise said on the show. "You get to the moment where you train your system to, 'I'm controlling the breath.' I've got a low heart rate anyway, very low heart rate, which means my body's not using as much oxygen, but also we did stuff to bring the heart rate down even lower and certain breathing exercises."

Cruise held the record for the longest breath hold for an actor until recently, when Kate Winslet surpassed his time by holding her breath for 7 minutes and 14 seconds while training for "Avatar: The Way of Water."

Kate Winslet broke Tom Cruise's record for the longest breath hold, reaching 7 minutes and 14 seconds while training for "Avatar: The Way of Water." (Mike Marsland/WireImage)

"Poor Tom," the actress told USA Today. "I mean, I don't know Tom at all – I've never met him in my life – but I'm sure he's getting very fed up of hearing this story of how I broke his record. I loved it, though. ... I was amazed how good I was at it and how I just kept getting better."

The most dangerous stunt to date

Tom Cruise pulled off his most dangerous stunt to date when he drove a motorcycle off a cliff in "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1." (Paramount)

In the new, seventh movie in the franchise, "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One," Cruise performs what he is calling his most dangerous stunt so far.

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The stunt consists of Cruise riding a motorcycle off a long ramp placed at the edge of a cliff and then immediately engaging in a base jump. 

Tom Cruise is one of the very few performers comfortable enough to perform their own stunts. (Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

"This is far and away the most dangerous thing we’ve ever attempted. We've been wanting to do this for years," Cruise said in a behind-the-scenes look at the stunt. "Wanted to do it since I was a little kid. It all comes down to one thing: the audience."

According to the film's stunt coordinator, Wade Eastwood, Cruise put together a team of experts in a number of specialties, including BASE training and canopy training, as well as intense skydiving training and motocross training.

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Cruise trained in a number of different specialties in order to properly execute the film's biggest stunt. (Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

"I had about six seconds once I departed the ramp to pull the chute, and I don’t want to get tangled in the bike," Cruise told Empire magazine in October 2021. "If I do, that’s not going to end well."

In order to get the stunt just right, Cruise practiced the base jump with 30 skydiving exercises a day, amounting to more than 500 dives, as well as 13,000 motocross jumps. Replicas of the final ramp were constructed in a field in England for Cruise to practice the stunt.

Cruise recently spoke with "Extra" at the New York City premiere of the film, saying that "a lot of training" went into making sure the stunt went right on the day.

"Years and years of all the motorcycle and all the parachutes, and then we just refined it and had to do it," Cruise said on the red carpet. "We didn’t know what was going to happen on that motorcycle when it went off. It was very interesting. It was exciting. … It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. When I was a little kid, I used to build ramps and go off and have some terrible crashes on my bicycles, but it was a lot of fun doing that."

Cruise told "Extra" the stunt in the latest movie is something he has been preparing for since he was a kid. (Cedric Ribeiro/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

The future of Tom Cruise, action star

For decades now, Cruise has continued to push his body to the limits, doing things that most actors would never consider.

It's unclear how much stunt work Tom Cruise has left in him.

According to Haas, "Regarding how long Tom Cruise can continue performing these dangerous stunts, it's difficult for anyone to predict. Ultimately, the decision will depend on his personal judgment, the demands of the roles he chooses and the advice of his professional team."

"However, it has become part of his legacy brand, and it's clearly something that drives millions to the theaters. To say it's impressive is quite the understatement."

Tom Cruise could have years of action movies ahead of him. (Getty Images)

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Eldridge added, "Only Tom knows [how much longer he can keep going]. Fans love the fact that he doesn’t use a stunt double and seldom utilizes a green screen. That said, the only two ‘teams’ that are undefeated throughout history are Mother Nature and Father Time. Eventually, the latter will catch up with Cruise, but based on what we’re seeing in 2023, Tom still has a commanding lead."

" Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One " is out now.

Lori Bashian is an entertainment production assistant for Fox News Digital. 

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Tom Cruise Has Been Using Height Illusion Tricks for Years to Looker Taller Than Everyone Else

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Tom Cruise is literally at the height of his career. The actor sent social media ablaze last night with a torrent of comment about his height when he was seen curiously taller than ever alongside Kate Middleton , Duchess of Cambridge, in London at the premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick.”

Cruise, who stands at 5-foot-7, was nearly eye-to-eye on the red carpet with 5-foot-9 Middleton in Prada ‘s suede cutout pumps set on 3-inch stiletto heels — boosting Middleton’s height to 6 feet tall. What a feat for the action star.

With or without them, Cruise has walked tall for years alongside actresses clad in soaring stiletto heels by embracing astute styling tricks for grand height illusion. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with embracing one’s true height, but Cruise has a history of purposefully looking taller — he likely believes it’s a flattering silhouette that puts confidence in his steps.

Indeed. He has mastered this height hack through subtle, carefully coordinated poses along with the right clothes and shoes.

Cruise’s ex-wife Nicole Kidman , who measures 5-foot-10, was perhaps the most challenging of his red carpet partners, but together, they masterfully erected him throughout their marriage.

Just look to their arrival at the Herb Ritts exhibition opening on Oct. 22, 1992. The couple posed with their heads close together, with Kidman’s head leaning lower into him to deflect from the obvious height difference. Meanwhile, Kidman chose a modest kitten heel compared to Cruise’s taller Cuban heel. Nailed it.

During his marriage to Katie Holmes , who is 5-foot-9, there were plenty of red carpet challenges despite the “Dawson’s Creek” star coming in 1-inch shorter than Kidman. But unlike Kidman, Holmes didn’t embrace kitten heels often — she preferred stilettos around 4 inches. But, by leaving some space between their bodies and Cruise leading ahead of her as they walked hand-in-hand at the Bambi Awards in 2007 in Duesseldorf, Germany, the height differences were minimized as much as possible.

At the “Knight and Day” premiere in Seville, Spain, on June 16, 2010 he literally took things up a notch in heeled boots that added around 2 extra inches. They looked nearly even while she stood in 4-inch heels.

It’s not often Cruise gets the chance to look taller than his leading ladies, but he did so next to his “Top Gun: Maverick” co-star Jennifer Connelly, who is on equal footing with him, matching at 5-foot-7. Even with Connelly in heels, he managed to gain a fairly generous boost above her while at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18. As seen in his pose, Cruise diminishes the appearance of his width by standing to his side and positioning his body at an angle as she stood vertically and straight ahead. The stacked heels helped too.

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In 2011, Tom Cruise was embroiled in a casting controversy when it was revealed he'd be playing Jack Reacher (via Deadline ). Fans of the character, created by Lee Childs, were quick to point out that the former US Army major is described as standing at 6 foot 5 inches and about 250 pounds in the book, both of which Cruise isn't. The actor is pretty synonymous with his shorter height, with rumors often circulating that he wears heels or shoe lifts when starring opposite taller actors, per  BuzzFeed . 

But, as Childs noted at the time, "Reacher's size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force, which Cruise portrays in his own way." The author also pointed out to BBC News that it's "completely impossible to literally transfer the page to screen," and that while people think someone "that looks more like Reacher is described in the books" should have been cast, there were none Childs was happy with.

Cruise also stated that he was "very sensitive" to the criticism of his height in an interview with Empire, adding that the author told him "the reason he wrote [Reacher] that size is because that was just one element to his character, and that opened the door to me playing him."

So exactly how tall is Tom Cruise, and why did it cause so much drama when he was cast as Jack Reacher?

It's rumoured that Tom Cruise uses heels to elevate his height

While Tom Cruise is often cited as standing at 5 foot 7 inches tall (via Your Next Shoes ), it's actually pretty hard to pinpoint the actor's height. As The Delite notes, there's "a lot of speculation" about his height, noting that there's even a Pinterest board that's collated the times Cruise as allegedly worn heeled boots or shoe lifts to elevate his height.

Sometimes, it seems that his co-stars have to wear flatter shoes to compensate for his height as Nicole Kidman noted speaking about her experience filming "Days of Thunder" with Cruise (via Your Next Shoes). "They had me in really flat shoes, but you could still see I was taller than him," Kidman explained, who happens to be 5 foot 10 inches (via The Sun ). "I'd prefer to be smaller, but I don't mind," she continued. "I like the fact that he's one of the most famous actors in the world and can work with anybody — but he doesn't mind working with an actress who's taller."

Tom Cruise ship looks frightened as he movies significant Objective Difficult 8 scenes in London

TOM Cruise ship looked frightened as he shot significant Objective Difficult 8 scenes in London today.

Star Tom, 61, was seen recording the future hit near Downing Road, playing out a scene where his personality seemed recorded by the opponent.

The Hollywood flick celebrity was seen holding his hands up in abandonment while in-character as lead character, Ethan Search.

Worn a navy coat and denims, Tom talked with supervisor Christopher McQuarrie and manufacturing team inbetween scenes.

Simply a couple of weeks earlier, Tom stunned vacationers as he dashed with the city covered in blood, closing down Central London.

In special pictures from the collection, he was seen running over Westminster Bridge with military and law enforcement officer on his tail.

The Objective Difficult group have actually been recording at Surrey’s Longcross Studios along with on place considering that the start of March.

Identified to adhere to timetable whatsoever essential, at one factor Tom handed over for the whole actors and staff to be flown to established by helicopters after the M25 closed down.

Little is understood about what will certainly occur in the 8th instalment of the collection – just that it will certainly comply with on from Dead Numeration, which was launched in 2015.

Initially labelled Dead Numeration: Sequel, the brand-new movie has actually considering that gone down being thought about a 2nd component and will certainly rather pass its very own name.

Factors for this are unidentified yet rumours have actually differed from the movie entering an entirely various instructions to what was at first prepared, to the name being ditched because of Component One’s lacklustre success at package workplace.

Starring together with Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby and Simon Pegg to name a few, Dead Numeration took place to obtain 2 Oscar elections for audio and aesthetic impacts.

Nevertheless, regardless of bring in $565.8million around the world at package workplace, Dead Numeration stopped working to satisfy the essential go back to recover cost from its $291million budget plan.

Generally, taking into consideration marketing prices and so on, a movie requires to make 2.5x its budget plan in order to be thought about a monetary success.

This was prevented somewhat by the worldwide sensation of Barbenheimer (the launch day of Barbie and Oppenheimer) which came simply 2 weeks after Dead Numeration’s, triggering a decrease off in prospective sales.

Presently, the as-yet-untitled Objective Difficult 8 is set up to be launched on Might 23, 2025 after a string of pushbacks because of the pandemic and in 2015’s SAG-AFTRA strikes.

It was at first implied to be prepared for launch in August 2022, prior to being postponed to November 2022, July 2023 and June 2024.

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Tom Cruise on how he confronted his fear of shooting stunts for 'Mission: Impossible 7'

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Monday, 10 Jul 2023

Hollywood star Tom Cruise said he felt great pressure making the seventh installment of American spy action film Mission: Impossible and was scared to shoot dangerous stunt scenes but considered the opportunity a "privilege".

Cruise was on his 11th visit to South Korea to promote Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One along with director Christopher McQuarrie, as well as other cast members, including Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby and Pom Klementieff.

Cruise was met by an enthusiastic crowd of fans and movie buffs eager to catch a glimpse of the star upon his arrival at Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center in western Seoul last week, according to Yonhap news agency.

The 60-year-old actor reprises the role of Ethan Hunt, the iconic agent of the Impossible Missions Force, who is tasked with tracking down a potent new artificial intelligence weapon to prevent it from falling into the hands of villains.

In the movie, he performs death-defying stunts, such as actually jumping off a cliff in Norway and drifting one-handed in a yellow Fiat 500 through the winding streets of Rome.

Cruise said he felt scared when jumping off a motorcycle to shoot one of the dangerous scenes but tried to keep calm and carry on performing without fail.

"It's not like I'm not scared. I don't mind being scared. I want to confront it," Cruise said during a press conference at Lotte Cinema World Tower.

Cruise, the lead actor and producer of the film, said his team focused on creating Mission: Impossible 7 as a globe-trotting cinematic adventure that encompasses action, adventure, drama and humour.

"We just treat each day as another day filled with pressure of making a movie. We also have another saying, which is pressure is a privilege," it reported Cruise said.

The latest series, he said, is broken into two parts to add depth to characters' narratives and tell a bigger story.

"The action and the stunts, all of the spectacle, don't matter if you're not invested in the characters and invested emotionally in the story," he said.

Director McQuarrie said his team thoroughly prepared the safety and execution of dangerous scenes to push beyond the limits of the prequels and make it entertaining.

When shooting stunt scenes, McQuarrie said he keeps this foremost in mind: "Bring Tom to Earth safely. That's pretty much it. And make sure it was worth doing."

He added: "If you're thinking too much about what could go wrong, that's where your focus is. So we are focused on everything that could go right." – Bernama

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