DAREDEVIL actor Tom Cruise is learning to fly a World War Two military plane for stunt scenes in the next instalment of his film blockbuster series Mission: Impossible.
I can reveal the fearless star, who shot to fame as fighter-jet pilot Maverick in Top Gun, has been getting to grips with a 1943 Boeing Stearman Model 75.
He was spotted in the training aircraft — which had two movie rigs on its wings — at Cambridge's Duxford Airfield. The plane is to be filmed in a chase with another wartime aircraft.
A source told me: “Tom had started to learn to fly a Boeing Stearman biplane earlier this year for a major stunt scene in Mission: Impossible 8. “It’s obviously a highly skilled task but as usual he has no plans to cut any corners or bring in.
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