“Even my shoelaces were taped”: Tom Cruise, Who Has Done 500 Skydives & 13,000 Motocross Jumps, Realized He Wasn’t Ready for Mission Impossible 7 Stunt
Tom Cruise’s latest trailer for Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One seems promising, like his other films from the Mission: Impossible franchise. Tom Cruise has been associated with the franchise since 1996, and his role as Ethan Hunt is one of the best portrayals. The film is all set to push the limits of all the characters to the maximum extent and deliver loads of entertainment to their fans. Ethan Hunt and the badass team are all set for another world-saving adventure.
The franchise is famous for exhibiting some of the best action scenes and stunts, especially from the sets of the man of the hour, Tom Cruise. For all the films in the series, Cruise has performed breathtaking actions.
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Tom Cruise’s Daredevil Stunt in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
In the iconic series Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom Cruise is back with a bang to treat his fans to the role of international agent Ethan Hunt. His crazy, death-defying stunts in the film will undoubtedly entertain his fans to the maximum extent.
But according to a recent chat with Jimmy Kimmel, Cruise described his entire experience of performing the jumping a motorcycle off a ramp on a cliff in Norway stunt. When the official trailer of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One was released, fans were enthralled to see glimpses of jaw-dropping actions like fighting on a moving train and jumping off a falling train compartment.
But the eye-catching moment was the motorcycle jump mid-trailer. While talking about his action, Cruise said that “even my shoelaces were taped” and that he just had six seconds to open the parachute before he hit the ground.
Tom Cruise’s Role In Mission Impossible Franchise
The Mission Impossible franchise, created by Bruce Geller, is a series of American action spy films. Tom Cruise plays the role of Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force. The franchise debuted in 1996, and the movies of the franchise are Mission: Impossible (1996), Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two (2024). All the series are mainly produced by Tom Cruise.
Cited as the best action franchise, the series has received much praise and positive feedback from fans and critics. The films released by Paramount Pictures have also been a box office hit and earned billions.
Source: The Quint
