For Tom Cruise, playing super-spy Ethan Hunt in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is more than just a role — it’s an opportunity for the thrill-seeking action star to undertake all manner of daredevil activities in preparation for doing his own stunts.
During Thursday’s sessions at CinemaCon, currently underway in Las Vegas, footage was shown of two of the actor’s upcoming projects: “Top Gun: Maverick” and the seventh film in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise.
In the featurette for “M:I 7”,, reports The Hollywood Reporter, it’s revealed that Cruise undertook 500 skydiving sessions and performed 13,000 motorbike jumps in order to prepare himself for one spectacular “M:I 7” stunt in which he jumps a motorcycle off a cliff in Norway.
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