And on that day—as you can imagine, since you haven’t seen any news stories about the demise of one of cinema’s biggest stars—all the training and preparation paid off. Cruise pulled off the stunt not one, not two, but six times, each time trying to hold onto the bike more, pull his parachute a little later, anything to make it more dramatic and exciting.
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In the end, McQuarrie said the only thing scarier than performing what his team deemed the biggest stunt in film history, what what they had planned for Mission: Impossible 8.
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