Tom Cruise still 'bets' his life in Mission: Impossible 8

Action superstar Tom Cruise is still working hard on his role, nearly dying many times while filming Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

Crazy stunt scene in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning performed by Tom Cruise himself - Photo: Paramount

In an interview with the magazine Empire , Tom Cruise revealed his "near-death" experience when he fainted several times due to lack of oxygen while performing risky scenes on the plane in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (rough translation: Mission: Impossible - Final Judgment ), the final film in the action series Mission Impossible .

Tom Cruise continues to break limits

This remarkable scene was filmed in South Africa, where Tom Cruise hung from the wing of a 1930 Boeing Stearman at an altitude of 3,048 meters.

In the trailer, the audience witnessed a breathtaking moment when spy Ethan Hunt was suspended in mid-air, doing somersaults in the air, and returned to the cockpit.

"When you stick your face out of the plane at a speed of more than 200km/h, you will not have enough oxygen. I had to train myself to breathe, but there were times when I still passed out and could not return to the cockpit" - Tom Cruise shared.

Throughout his career, Tom Cruise has repeatedly amazed audiences with his daring stunts. Even at the age of 62, the actor still bets everything to deliver the most realistic scenes.

He has climbed the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, held his breath underwater for six minutes, performed hundreds of skydives, hung from the outside of planes during takeoff, and even experienced G-forces in a supersonic fighter jet (in the movie Top Gun: Maverick ).

Director Christopher McQuarrie said the film The Final Reckoning will take the series' action to a new level.

"This movie has stunts that will blow your mind. Days in Africa filming "In Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning , Tom performed stunts that were far beyond anything audiences had ever seen before," director McQuarrie revealed.

Throughout his career, Tom Cruise has performed many memorable stunts, many of which are from the Mission Impossible series - Photo: Paramount

One audience member at the preview even shared that they "almost had a heart attack" while watching a tense action scene.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning continues to follow the character Ethan Hunt played by Tom Cruise as he confronts a dangerous AI program called The Entity, which has the ability to predict his every move and can cause disaster if it falls into the wrong hands.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning could be Tom Cruise's farewell to this legendary series as he is about to turn 63 - Photo: Paramount

After escaping a catastrophic train crash at the end of the film, Ethan discovers The Entity is hidden on an old Russian submarine, but an enemy from Ethan's past, Gabriel (Esai Morales), is also in pursuit.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (rough translation: Mission: Impossible - Final Judgment is scheduled to hit theaters on May 23, 2025.

The film was originally scheduled for a 2022 release but was delayed due to the pandemic and the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Besides Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible 8 also stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Angela Bassett, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell and Frederick Schmidt.

Christopher McQuarrie returns to the director's chair after previously directing Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible - Fallout and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.

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