The Oscar-nominated actor has spent the final couple of many years primarily targeted on his action-packed “Mission: Impossible” movies — and simply set a Guinness World File for one of the crucial daring stunts within the collection.
The British establishment introduced Thursday that Cruise now holds the title for “most burning parachute jumps by an individual” for leaping out of a helicopter 16 occasions earlier than lighting his chute on hearth within the newest franchise installment, “The Final Reckoning.”
“Tom doesn’t just play action heroes — he is an action hero!” wrote Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief at Guinness World Data. “A large part of his success can be chalked up to his absolute focus on authenticity and pushing the boundaries of what a leading man can do.”
Cruise and Paramount Photos each posted behind-the-scenes footage of the stunt on social media. Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie will be seen plotting out logistics with the stunt coordinators and acknowledging the hazard earlier than Cruise makes an attempt his leap.
The stunt was filmed within the Drakensberg, South Africa.
“What I’m going to do is, I’m going to be deploying,” says Cruise within the footage, shot throughout a manufacturing assembly on location. “If this is twisted while it’s burning, I’m going to be spinning and burning. I have to kick out of the twist and then ignite within 10 seconds.”
The outcome onscreen exhibits Cruise’s character, Ethan Hunt, pressured to chop the burning nylon tatters free to deploy a reserve chute on the final second. The stunt was shot with a chute that was soaked in gasoline to mild on hearth.
Over the course of his movies, Cruise has run alongside the outside of the 163-floor Burj Khalifa in Dubai (“Ghost Protocol”), harnessed himself to an airplane throughout takeoff (“Rogue Nation”) and base-jumped right into a canyon after using off of a cliff (“Dead Reckoning”).
“Tom is no stranger to record breaking,” Glenday wrote Thursday.
Cruise does certainly maintain one other Guinness title for “most consecutive $100-million-grossing movies” for an actor, for the 11 movies between “Jack Reacher” (2012) and “Final Reckoning.” The latter hit theaters in late Could and has grossed practically $400 million worldwide.
