Tom Cruise Shows Off Insane ‘Mission: Impossible 8' Stunt Hanging From Upside-Down Plane
Tom Cruise once again showed off his impressive stunt skills in some newly released behind-the-scenes footage of 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.'
In the clip he shared to X on Friday, the 62-year-old actor can be seen hanging from a plane that's flying upside-down.
'Jesus Christ,' 'M:I8' director Christopher McQuarrie says as he watches. Cruise posted the video with the caption, 'Hang on…'
In the 13-second clip, Cruise is seen holding on tight to a narrow bar that's attached to the top of a yellow plane.
The video moves from a close up to a full view of Cruise, who appears to be at least 4,o00 to 8,000 feet in the air.
It's shocking and heart-racing, but Cruise isn't new to this. The veteran actor has become known for doing his own daring stunts and even went viral last year after footage of him riding a motorcycle off a 1,246-meter cliff hit the Internet. The scene was filmed for 'Mission: Impossible 7.'
Cruise said Thursday that the upcoming eighth installment is an 'experience' you have to see in theaters.
'You gotta see the movie,' he told Empire. 'It's a hard thing for me to discuss at the moment, because it really is something that you have to experience.' He added that the film is 'an epic, emotional journey of the entire franchise… it's Homeric.'
'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' hits theaters on May 23.
The post Tom Cruise Shows Off Insane 'Mission: Impossible 8' Stunt Hanging From Upside-Down Plane | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Yahoo
New Photo of Taylor Swift at Intimate Wedding Surfaces on Friday
New Photo of Taylor Swift at Intimate Wedding Surfaces on Friday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. A new photo of Taylor Swift has been circulating on the Internet. This time, at a wedding. The candid photo, originally posted by @paigedoeswhatshewants on TikTok on Friday but was deleted an hour after it was posted, shows Swift having a conversation with two other people wearing a sleeveless baby blue midi dress with pink flowers and a pair of brown wedges. Her wavy hair was worn down and she seemed to be wearing a simple gold bracelet on her wrist. The creator who posted the photo put the 35-year-old singer's song "So High School" in the background, which is the 22nd song from her latest album "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology." "not taylor swift being at my friends friends cousins wedding..." the creator wrote. Though the "You Need to Calm Down" singer has been trying to keep a relatively low profile since the end of her "Eras Tour" in December 2024 and after her boyfriend, tight end Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs lost the Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles in February, she has been spotted quite frequently these past couple of weeks. On Wednesday evening, the couple was seen enjoying a dinner date at Buccan in Palm Beach, with Swift wearing a black mini dress and a pair of nude wedges. Then on May 23, they were spotted eating together at Harry's Bar and Restaurant, sitting side-by-side in a booth and enjoying their night. Last Friday, the singer revealed that she purchased the rights to her first six albums: her self-titled debut, "Fearless," "Speak Now," "Red," "1989" and "Reputation." This means that the 35-year-old singer owns every single recording, music video, concert film and the art that comes with it. "All of the music I've ever belongs to me," the singer wrote in a letter that's published on her website. "Every single era. My entire life's work." Amid the exciting news of Swift's major announcement, this photo quickly sparked conversation among fans. Though details about the event remain limited, the image alone was enough to set social media story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Times
8 hours ago
- New York Times
The Director of ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' Unpacks Key Moments
Christopher McQuarrie was a 27-year-old former movie-theater security guard when he won the Oscar for best screenplay in 1996 for 'The Usual Suspects.' Things went a little pear-shaped from that early peak, as they tend to do in Hollywood, and the Princeton, N.J., native was looking to leave the industry altogether when he piqued Tom Cruise's interest for another script that became the 2008 Hitler-assassination drama 'Valkyrie.' It was the start of a professional relationship that has culminated in McQuarrie, now 56, directing and co-producing the past four films of the 'Mission Impossible' franchise, including 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,' in which Cruise famously stars as the unsinkable (and seemingly unkillable) special agent Ethan Hunt. Recently, McQuarrie spoke with The Times in New York and later via video call from the back of an SUV in Mexico City about the choice to make A.I. the villain, the question of whether the franchise is coming to an end, and a 'gnarly' secret Tom Cruise movie in the works. Here are edited excerpts from those conversations. When did the decision come that 'Dead Reckoning' and 'Final Reckoning' would be the final two films in the franchise? Over the course of 'Rogue Nation' [2015], 'Fallout' [2018] and then 'Dead Reckoning' [2023], we were delving deeper and deeper into the emotions of the characters and their arcs. I said, 'Look, we know that it's going to be a long movie, let's just cut it in half.' I understand the irony of me saying we were going to make two two-hour movies and we ended up making these two much, much bigger ones. But we didn't really think of it as being the conclusion of anything until we were about halfway through 'Dead Reckoning.' Over time, we started to feel that this is a movie about the franchise more than just about the mission. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Yahoo
'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' Has Screened, And People Are Having Wild First Reactions To Its ‘Symphony Of Danger'
There's no denying the excitement that surrounds the impending release of a Tom Cruise "Mission: Impossible" movie, and two years after "Dead Reckoning Part One," the sequel — and eighth movie overall — is finally hitting the 2025 movie calendar. With the "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" release date just around the corner, critics have had the chance to see early screenings, and they're hitting social media with some wild reactions to what may be Cruise's final chapter. The upcoming action movie picks up two months after the end of "Dead Reckoning," with Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) continuing his mission to stop Gabriel (Esai Morales) from obtaining an A.I. program called 'The Entity.' Cruise has gotten fans hyped for more stunts, and CinemaBlend's own Jessica Rawden posts that we'll be talking about one action sequence for years.
