Tom Cruise revealed Tuesday during a surprise appearance at CinemaCon in Las Vegas that he actually hung off the side of an airplane in the film “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation.”
The actor said he performed the stunt, which involved a massive Airbus A400M taking off and flying to 5,000 feet eight times, with a harness attaching him to the aircraft.
Cruise said he was terrified throughout filming worrying about particles from the runway, jet fuel fumes and even birds.
He said, “I want to keep audiences on the edge of their seats.”
Cruise introduced two new clips from the film as part of Paramount Pictures’ presentation to the nation’s theater owners previewing its upcoming movies.
