Speaking in London ahead of the launch of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One , star Tom Cruise shared that he also feels scared when performing stunts.
“It’s not that I’m not afraid. It’s just that I’m not afraid to face fear,” said Tom Cruise , according to CNN .
Tom Cruise is famous for his stunts – which should have been stunts – of his own. Time and time again, he puts his life on this multibillion-dollar series.
In the role of super agent Ethan Hunt throughout the Mission Impossible series, Tom Cruise used to hang from the world’s tallest building, cling to the outside of the plane during takeoff, and perform skydiving at low altitude no less than 100 times. .
In the latest movie Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One , Tom Cruise rides a motorcycle off a cliff before parachuting. This scene was filmed in Norway in 2020. It was the first day of the arduous, difficult production of the film due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Writer and director Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise’s longtime creative partner who is affectionately referred to as “McQ” by his colleagues, said that Tom Cruise performed the stunt, while being powerless to intervene was another. .
“I just stared at the crosses on the screen and waited to see blue – the color of his umbrella. As soon as I saw blue, I was sure it was a square, because if it wasn’t. square, it means something goes wrong. There’s no redo when something goes wrong,” admitted director McQuarrie.
Tom Cruise asked the director to shoot six times, capturing the dangerous scene from every angle. “Completing Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One must certainly feel exciting. It’s a relief that everyone is behind the scenes and everyone is safe,” the director recalls.
“Tom was never reckless with stunts. With everything he was always very careful. But it was a challenge and took longer than usual,” said actor Simon Pegg.
“Everything is going in the right direction. We have filmed in Africa, the North Pole, then back to London. Everything is getting ready to go back to work after finishing the promotion for this movie,” McQuarrie revealed. Mission Impossible sequel , slated for release in June 2024.
Tom Cruise added: “I’m not the type to beat myself up. I’m constantly working to become proficient and trying to understand my craft, while continuing to push myself.”
Regarding the content of the latter part, the cast and crew kept silent.
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One starring Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Hayley Atell … cost a production budget of up to 290 million UDD, premiered in theaters worldwide world starting from 12.07. In Vietnam, the film premieres early on July 8.
