Tom Cruise on shooting the ‘most dangerous stunt’ of his career for Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One: ‘You have to be razor sharp…’

In Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom Cruise would be seen doing several high-octane stunts, one of which includes riding a motorbike off a cliff and base jumping.

By: Entertainment Desk

Mumbai | Updated: July 10, 2023 08:00 AM IST

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Hollywood star Tom Cruise on how he shot the motorbike stunt in Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One.

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Tom Cruise began filming the latest installment of Mission Impossible with a death-defying stunt. For the Hollywood star, there was no time to waste.

In Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, Cruise would be seen doing several high-octane stunts, one of which includes riding a motorbike off a cliff and base jumping. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Cruise was asked why he chose to begin the film with the hair-raising stunt.

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“Well, that way we’d know either we are going to continue with the film or not! ‘Let’s know on day one what is going to happen, do we all continue or is it a major rewrite,” Cruise quipped. The Hollywood star got into the specifics of the scene and said it was crucial he shot the stunt on the first day of filming as he didn’t want to put that aside and shoot other things.

“But preparing for something like that was years (of experience). I had been riding motorcycles since I was a little kid, raced cars and spent a lot of time with aerobatics, airplanes, helicopters, parachutes. But to figure out something like that… It is our understanding of story, understanding of camera, how to do something like that, it all kind of came in that moment. I had trained f0r it, you have to be razor sharp when you do something like that.

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“It was very important as we were prepping the film that the stunt actually was the first thing. Because I don’t want to drop that and shoot other things, and have my mind somewhere else. Everyone was prepped. You don’t want to be waking up in the middle of the night thinking, ‘I still have that left to do,'” he added.

Christopher McQuarrie, who previously helmed Rogue Nation and Fallout, has directed Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, ready to hit screens on July 12. He has also directed the sequel, which will release in 2024.

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