Tom Cruise Opens Up About Mission: Impossible Stunt Prep

Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise is winding up with the eighth movie, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, that debuted worldwide at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 13.

MI eight reaches London to premiere at Leicester Square on Thursday, May 15, and Tom Cruise appears in a solid black blazer, trousers and matching shirt with black oxfords.

The stunt actor who never restrains himself from putting a hundred per cent effort in the death-defying stunts in MI movies, from the roof of a movie training and flying aeroplanes to Dubai’s skyscrapers.

Speaking at the London premiere, Mission: Impossible franchise star Cruise expressed that he wants his audience emotionally present by doing stunts and not merely watching the movie.

When the host asked the actor about the stunt preparation, the actor said that it takes decades to prepare. He said that he has been studying aerial photography and practising aeroplanes flight for decades.

“I have to tell you, look, it takes years, decades to be able to prepare for something because I’ve been flying aeroplanes and studying aerial photography for decades,” Cruise said,

“I learn when I’m shooting something. I learn a little bit and I keep trying to expand upon that knowledge.”

Cruise said that he’s been preparing the aerial sequence for the last forty years. He also added that he flies aerobatic jets, helicopters and every kind of aircraft, now that he can fly aerobatics.

Cruise shared that he’s learning skills and applying it to cinema because there’s a lot to learn and study. 

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