Tom Cruise’s blockbuster Mission: Impossible – Fall out recently caused a storm at the box office around the world after its official release. The success of the film once again proves that the 56-year-old actor’s hotness has never cooled down. If someone says that the older an actor gets, the less hot he becomes, then it’s definitely the opposite for Tom Cruise.
As Tom Cruise’s age increases over the years, the audience becomes more and more excited to watch him play risky action scenes in movies, especially the Mission Impossible series . Not only is it fighting or gunfighting with young actors with “extraordinary” skills, but Tom Cruise also challenges extremely dangerous action scenes such as hanging in mid-air or jumping from the roof of one building to another. the roof of another building… Tom Cruise’s ecstatic actions are considered by audiences around the world to be “a challenge to the earth’s gravity”.
One of the people who witnessed Tom Cruise himself performing those dangerous action scenes over the years is director Christopher McQuarrie. He is the director of the two latest parts of Mission Impossible, including Rouge Nation (2015) and Fall out (2018). When asked about arranging these dangerous scenes in order of danger level from high to low, both directors Christopher and Tom laughed and said: “There’s no need to rank them from high to low, just rank them.” In alphabetical order, it’s okay because they’re all equally dangerous . “
Let’s review 5 risky action scenes of Tom Cruise in the movie Mission: Impossible: Rouge Nation (2015) and most recently Fall out (2018).
Water adventure series – Rouge Nation part
According to the revelation, to perform this underwater scene, Tom Cruise did not use the support of an oxygen tank and did everything himself. Because there was only a short period of 10 days to complete these underwater scenes, director McQuarrie decided to use the long take shooting technique (continuous filming without interruption until this scene is completed and switch to another scene) to absolutely save time.
“Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation”: Underwater rescue scene performed by Tom Cruise himself
“Choosing this filming technique put Tom Cruise in a difficult position because he would have to hold his breath for a longer period of time than filming normally. A normal person can hold his breath for about 1 to 2 minutes. But if you hold your breath while performing another action, you will use many times more air than if you just held your breath. Tom has to hold his breath longer than usual and swim at the same time. and filmed the scene for more than 2 minutes continuously underwater. He had to learn how to hold his breath for that long and still “live” , director McQuarrie recounted.
Along with Tom Cruise, there is also charming actress Rebecca Ferguson, both of whom participated in high-level training courses for professional divers. Tom learned how to hold his breath for about 6 and a half minutes. After the scene ended, the Mission Impossible actor was completely exhausted both mentally and physically. According to McQuarrie’s revelation, when he got ashore, Tom’s whole body was in pain, even because his blood contained nitrogen gas, so this greatly affected Tom’s health. Tom could not remember his lines or concentrate to continue performing other scenes.
High-speed motorbike chase on the streets of Paris, France – Fall out part
The original idea for this scene was that Tom Cruise would ride the motorbike himself freely and then the back of his motorbike would be placed on a vehicle with a trailer behind it. This is to ensure his safety, Tom will just sit still in the car and act. However, the other device did not work and Tom performed the entire scene by himself without the help of a stuntman.
