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Tom Cruise’sMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Oneintroduced a lot of new faces as well as a very new and overarching antagonist, The Entity, for Ethan Hunt to figure out and neutralize.
However, as has always been the case with theMIfranchise, it was Cruise’s many stunts, chiefly motorcycle jump from a cliff, that attracted more headlines than director Christopher McQuarrie’s story or any new character.
Ever since 1996,Mission: Impossiblehas consistently relied on Cruise’s stunts to keep the viewers engrossed, and this time was no different. The reasonable box office collection of $567.5 million amid Barbenheimer Mania shows the 61-year-old understands his viewers better than anyone else and once again served them exactly what they crave. But his constant pursuit of delivering nail-biting action sequences has often put him in very tricky situations.
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How Confusion With His Stunt Coordinator Made Tom Cruise Almost Lose His Nerve
It all started with Ethan Hunt’s first mission in 1996, wherein he had to prove his innocence and catch the real culprit who murdered his entire team.During one of the scenes in the movie, the protagonist is shown talking to Eugene Kittridge, the former vice director of the IMF who tried to capture Hunt because of his suspicions. This is when a fish tank beside them explodes and Cruise attempts to jet off.
The stunt translated pretty well on the big screen, but behind the scenes,Tom Cruiseand his stunt coordinator found themselves in a pickle over confusion over counting. Recalling the whole ordeal onThe Graham Norton Show, theTop Gunstar said:
“He said, ‘OK we’re gonna go on three,’ and he started going, ‘Three, two, one.’ I said, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop, stop.’ Everyone was stopped, waiting. You know, we have the explosion that’s going to go over my head. I said, ‘You just said on three!’ He said, ‘Well, I meant three.’ Well, what does that mean? I said everyone, please — it was like two in the morning — their setting it up. There’s broken glass, just tons of water. He said, ‘Well, I’m gonna three, two, one.’ And I said, ‘Do I go then? Do I go on one? Like, when do I go? Do I go on one? Are you going to push the button? Is it going to explode on one?’ He kind of looked at me like, I don’t know. Sure. Around then. When you hear the explosion, just go.”
Considering it was two in the morning, everyone must’ve been a bit sleepy. Accordingly, a lot could have gone wrong in a scene involving an explosion, plenty of water, and breaking glasses. Fortunately, no such thing happened and both Hunt and Cruise did just fine on and off camera respectively.
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How Tom Cruise Ended Up Getting Fired FromMission Impossible
Cruise will be ending the MI franchise in 2024 withMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, the eighth installment of the series. The big reason behind such a long and successful run has been the actor’s tendency to go rogue with his stunt scenes.
However, after the third installment, Paramount decided to fire him from the franchise, as they thought“someone who effectuates creative suicide and costs the company revenue should not be on the lot.”Sumner Redstone, then-chairman of Paramount’s parent company Viacom toldWall Street Journalthat Cruise“had never behaved this way before, he really went over the top.”
But it didn’t take long for Cruise’s star power to change his critics’ minds. After the success ofBen Stiller-directedTropic Thunder (2008),the studio wanted him back. He reprised his role inMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.And as they say, the rest is history.
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Source:The Graham Norton Show,Wall Street Journal
Vishal Singh
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Vishal Singh is a Content Writer at FandomWire. Having spent more than half a decade in the digital media space, Vishal specializes in crafting engaging entertainment- and sports-focused stories. He graduated from university with an honors degree in English Literature.
