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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Inga Parkel

Tom Cruise reveals gruesome injury during Mission Impossible filming

  • Tom Cruise's latest film, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, features a thrilling plane sequence where he performed his own demanding stunts.
  • During the aerial scene, Cruise revealed he almost broke his back and separated finger joints due to the immense force of holding onto a seatbelt.
  • He also performed a wing-walking stunt, a childhood ambition that took decades to realise for the film.
  • Filming the plane scene caused him to pass out due to lack of oxygen at high speeds, necessitating specific breathing training.
  • Cruise was awarded a Guinness World Record for 'most burning parachute jumps by an individual' for a stunt in the film, involving 16 jumps from a helicopter with a burning parachute.

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