It’s been 25 years sinceMission: Impossibledebuted in theaters, butTom Cruiseremembers it like it was yesterday.
In the video, the actor recalled “running out of time” for shooting the scene and constantly landing on his face during a moment where his character has a close call as he falls from his wires to just barely be suspended in the air, without setting the vault’s alarms.
“I went down on the floor and I didn’t touch [the floor], I remember [thinking], ‘Oh my gosh, I didn’t touch.’ And I was holding it, holding it, holding it, and I’m sweating and [director Brian De Palma] just keeps rolling.
Laughing, Cruise said, “I just realized Brian’s doing it, he’s working it. I’m like, ‘I am not going to stop’” filming.
He added, “I hear him off camera, I could just hear him start to howl. He goes, ‘All right. Cut.'”
Mission: Impossibledebuted in theaters in 1996 and stars Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) who is framed for the murder of his IMF team during a botched mission in Prague and accused of selling government secrets to an arms dealer known as “Max.”
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On the run, Hunt seeks to uncover the real traitor and clear his name.
The film was made on an $80 million budget and grossed $457 million worldwide. Due to its success, a franchise was launched with Cruise reprising his role as Hunt for six films, the latest of which was 2018’sMission: Impossible–Fallout.
Cruise is working on two more installments,Mission: Impossible 7and8due for release in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
TheMission: Impossible25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Blu-ray is now available from Paramount Home Entertainment.
source: people.com
