Tom Cruise has fans freaking out over incredible behind-the-scenes look at biplane stunt from Mission: Impossible 8: ‘Tell me you had a parachute…'

Indian Express

31-05-2025

Tom Cruise is making sure Mission: Impossible fans aren't deprived of any jaw-dropping stunt action, on screen or behind it. The actor, basking in the success of the franchise's 8th instalment, The Final Reckoning, dropped a wild BTS clip on social media, just after teasing the nerve-racking 'transfer' scene where he climbs mid-air from one plane to another. Cruise explained how the team pushed themselves to the next level with this stunt, using all their knowledge to make it incredible for the audience.
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In the nearly 50-second clip, the Top Gun star performs a series of jaw-dropping mid-air stunts and said he's been obsessed with aerial sequences since he was a kid. He even admitted wanting to try wing walking after watching an old black-and-white film. In past interviews, the Hollywood A-lister has heaped praise on director Christopher McQuarrie, the filmmaker who, by all accounts, changed the game for him and helped turn Cruise's wildest stunt dreams into reality. When it came to pulling off the biplane madness, Cruise and the team aimed to build something that felt totally unique, but still classic. He said it's always a challenge to give fans a fresh thrill while stacking everything they've learned from past Mission: Impossible films.
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— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) May 30, 2025
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While critics have rated the 8th instalment a notch lower than the last few M:I films, fans clearly think otherwise. 'Tom Cruise, you're a badass! Make that a video game, bro!' one fan commented. Another wrote, 'Tell me you had a parachute somewhere on you just in case!' One more summed up the mood perfectly: 'Thank you Tom! This whole sequence had my palms sweaty and full-on anxiety. What a movie. Don't listen to the critics, go watch it for yourself!'
Besides the stunt, Cruise also posted a heartfelt note addressed to his fans worldwide after the movie's opening weekend shattered box office records. 'Congratulations and thank you to every filmmaker, every artist, every crew member and every single person who works at the studios. To every theatre and every employee who helps bring these stories to audiences, thank you,' he wrote, while giving a big shoutout to Paramount Pictures and Skydance for their long-time support. 'And most of all, THANK YOU to audiences everywhere—for whom we all serve, and for whom we all LOVE to entertain. Sincerely, Tom,' he wrote.