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Cruise, known for doing his own stunts, takes a
motor-bike ride down a ramp and off a giant cliff in Norway and
lets go in mid-air before his parachute is released.
The clip, and a featurette of Cruise and director Christopher
McQuarrie talking about the feat, were shown at the CinemaCon
gathering of movie theater operators and Hollywood studio
executives in Las Vegas, entertainment media reported.
"This is far and away the most dangerous thing I’ve attempted;
we’ve been working on this for years," Cruise said in the video,
according to Deadline Hollywood. “I wanted to do it since a
little kid."
"Mission: Impossible 7," in which Cruise returns as suave spy
Ethan Hunt, is due for release in May 2022 after a coronavirus-disrupted
shoot in Italy, Norway and the U.K. of more than a year.
Cruise, 59, said he trained for more than a year to perfect the
stunt, including making 500 sky-diving sessions and 13,000
motor-bike jumps, the Hollywood Reporter said. The stunt was
filmed six times.
In past movies, Cruise has hung off the side of a plane as it
takes off, piloted a helicopter through narrow mountain ravines,
scaled the 2,717-foot high (828 meters) Burj Khalifa skyscraper
in Dubai, and performed a sky dive from almost five miles high.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Dan Grebler)
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