From Fox News: Tom Cruise will do whatever it takes for the perfect stunt — even if it means nearly breaking his back in the process.
In bonus content from the digital release of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie detailed one of the film’s most harrowing sequences: a high-flying biplane battle between the actor’s character, Ethan Hunt, and Gabriel, portrayed by Esai Morales.
The scene showed Ethan leaping from one plane onto another, as he clung to the wing midair.
But the thrilling action scene came at a serious cost — one that nearly left Cruise seriously injured.
“Oh, this almost broke my back,” Cruise revealed in the commentary, per Entertainment Weekly.
The report explains that in the movie, as the plane flipped upside down, Cruise’s character was seen grabbing a seat belt and holding on for dear life.
Cruise said holding on to that belt was “brutal,” and the force actually separated the joints in his fingers.
The scene also required Cruise’s character to crash into the side of the aircraft. Again, he said the hard hit was “brutal.”
The latest film is supposed to be the final installment of the “Mission: Impossible” series, and Cruise reportedly confirmed this will be his last time portraying the fictional IMF agent Hunt.
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