Tom Cruise shares BTS of 'most dangerous' stunt of his career
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Tom Cruise shares BTS of 'most dangerous' stunt of his career
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Hollywood’s most daring actor Tom Cruise is known for his heroics even behind the scenes as he performs all his stunt sequences from his movies.
The “Mission Impossible” series hero has once again stunned his fans by sharing a BTS video of upcoming sequel of the MI series in which he can be seen jumping off the cliff. He will be seen jumping off a steep cliff with a motorcycle in the upcoming seventh instalment of the Mission Impossible series. A glimpse of the scene has been shown in the film’s first teaser. The new video shows extensive BTS footage of how the actor prepared for the scene.
The video opens with a shot of a ramp at the side of a cliff with Tom’s voice saying, “This is far and away the most dangerous thing we have ever attempted. This will be a motorcycle jump off a cliff into a base jump. I have wanted to do this since I was a kid.” A montage then shows all of Tom’s prep into this death-defying stunt, before director Christopher McQuarrie comes on screen. He says, “Tom put together this master plan to coordinate all of these experts in each of the particular disciplines involved to make this thing happen.”
The coaches and experts then explain that Tom underwent one year of base jumping training and canopy training to prepare for the stunt. Shots show the actor base jumping off an airplane with the experts in tow. The action then moves to the ground where Tom practices on a motocross bike. The crew explains that they built a motocross track for the actor to practice on and he is comfortable jumping over 70-80-feet table tops with ease.
Director Christopher says, “Coming up with the stunt is just one of the challenges. The other is to put a camera to film it from the right angle.” The stunt crew then details that Tom did 500 skydives and 13,000 motocross jumps to prepare for the stunt. They then built a replica ramp in England for Tom to simulate the motorcycle jump and get it right before moving to Norway to film the actual stunt.
