Tom Cruise reveals 'greatest stunt in cinema history' in behind-the-scenes teaser for M:I 7

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Tom Cruise shared a featurette for the latest instalment in his Mission Impossible franchise, Dead Reckoning Part One (aka M:I 7), revealing a behind-the-scenes look at the 'greatest stunt in cinema history.'The scene features a motorcycle jumping off a cliff, which then turns into a base jump - all performed by Cruise instead of a stuntman.The 60-year-old actor — who just jumped out of a plane to thank fans for the success of his film Top Gun: Maverick — says at the beginning of the video: 'I've wanted to do it since I was a little kid.'The stunt was performed on location, on a cliff in Norway, and filmmakers built a giant ramp for Cruise to ride the motorcycle off.

Daredevil: Tom Cruise performed the 'greatest stunt in cinema history' by driving a motorcycle off a cliff and then base jumping for his 2023 film Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (aka M:I 7) There he goes: The action star had on all black with a pack on his back as he drove at top speedIn the video, Cruise says: 'This is far and away the most dangerous thing we've ever attempted.'To prepare for the stunt, the Top Gun actor put together a group of experts in all the disciplines involved in the stunt, to ensure the whole thing happened without a hitch.Miles Daisher, a base jumping coach, remarked on Cruise's ability: 'You tell him something, and he just locks it in.  'His sense of spatial awareness - he is the most aware person I've ever met.'In order to perform the stunt on camera, several experts had to work out the best equipment and positioning to use when filming, so that the stunt would be captured in the most effective way possible.Christopher McQuarrie, the writer and director of the film, which is slated for release next year, noted: 'Even.