We’ve now heard it from the man himself. Hanging off the side of an Airbus A400 as it takes off at a steep climb is dangerous, extremely windy and very, very scary.
Just try doing it eight times.
“I was actually scared shitless,” Cruise told the crowd at CinemaCon at Caesar’s Palace, where the Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star made a surprise appearance on Tuesday for Paramount’s presentation at the annual convention of movie exhibitors and Hollywood studios.
It’s well known that Cruise — a pilot, stunt driver, motorcyclist and all-around thrill-seeker in real life — does almost all his own stunts for the Mission films. And in November, when they shot the airplane scene at RAF Wittering air base in Britain, paparazzi shots showed Cruise dangling from the side of the giant military aircraft as it went up in the air.
