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Tom Cruise hangs UPSIDE DOWN on the wing of a WWII Biplane while it does a loop-the-loop and nose-dive
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 11/27/2021 9:45:55 PM PST by algore

Tom Cruise may have pulled of his most ambitious feat yet as he was seen hanging upside down from the wing of a World War II biplane while filming scenes his upcoming Mission Impossible 8 movie

The actor, 59, was seen filming the death-defying stunt at Duxford Airfield in Cambridge this week, with the 1941 Boeing B75N1 Stearman biplane performing a stomach-churching loop-the-loop and nose-dive with the actor onboard

As the plane soared across the Cambridgeshire countryside, Tom - who was attached to the plane by a harness - perilously dangled himself upside down from the wing

The plane then flipped upside down, which then resulted in Tom sitting upright on the wing in the jaw-dropping move

For the past few weeks, the action man had been taking flying lessons at the airfield in preparation for exhilarating scenes for the next instalment of the Mission Impossible franchise, which is set for release on July 7, 2023

Tom is renowned for performing his own stunts in his Hollywood blockbusters

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: dwarftossing; mi8; missionimpossible8; tomcruise
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as kids we did stuff on motorcycles we should not ever have done: Because Evil Knievel.

Say what you will about this Cruise guy, and Scientologist affiliation in general, but he has some brass balls.

Sometimes I wonder who Musk will get to Jump the void ?

1 posted on 11/27/2021 9:45:55 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

He doesn’t need the helmet.


2 posted on 11/27/2021 9:58:07 PM PST by Az Joe ("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
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To: algore

Great actor. No chick wants to date him though because of his involvement in Scientology crap.


3 posted on 11/27/2021 10:04:58 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Every movie I’ve seen Cruise in was very enjoyable. For those who claim he can’t act I recommend “Magnolia”. He may be a cultish freak in real life, but he’s a darn good actor.


4 posted on 11/27/2021 10:35:09 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: algore

Okay, but it’s not like he is doing a gun scene with Alec Baldwin.


5 posted on 11/27/2021 10:37:53 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“No chick wants to date him”

Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell are dating.


6 posted on 11/27/2021 10:41:31 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: DannyTN

although I don’t know for sure, I might wager a lot of money that Tom Cruise follows the rules of gun safety every single time.


7 posted on 11/27/2021 10:47:03 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

I guess he’s not gay after all.


8 posted on 11/27/2021 11:08:30 PM PST by nbenyo
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To: algore

Can’t stand the guy.


9 posted on 11/27/2021 11:27:02 PM PST by McGruff
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The plot and story telling in the last Mission Impossible film - Fallout (#6) - was a real disappointment.

Ethan Hunt's ex-wife shows up and is ludicrously married to the actor who played the Head Gamemaker in the first Hunger Games film.

I have to believe that Cruise never watched the Hunger Games films.

For those of us who have watched them, the impression of the first Gamemaker is indelible. When you watch that actor in MI-#6, the only thing you see and hear is the Gamemaker.

The scripted dialogue from Ethan's ex-wife is so banal, and so unconvincing, and the presence of the Gamemaker husband is so incongruous, it just completely flattened the rest of MI-#6 for me.

10 posted on 11/27/2021 11:51:05 PM PST by zeestephen
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Only thing I ever liked him in was his part in Tropic Thunder


11 posted on 11/28/2021 12:25:17 AM PST by digger48
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To: Az Joe

“Tom - who was attached to the plane by a harness”

Oh, well.


12 posted on 11/28/2021 2:30:57 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Buck Foe Jiden!)
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To: zeestephen

I think this is the same guy who plays Jamie in Yellowstone


13 posted on 11/28/2021 2:49:07 AM PST by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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Yes.

I channel surfed into Yellowstone a couple weeks ago, and there he was.

He has a very respectable resume of films and TV shows.

Regardless, every time I see him my brain flashes on Hunger Games.


14 posted on 11/28/2021 4:07:02 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

And he’s short.


15 posted on 11/28/2021 4:21:03 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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And he’s short.

Yea, he could have hung upside down on the bottom wing of the bi-plane even if it landed and his head still wouldn’t scrape the runway.
16 posted on 11/28/2021 4:34:40 AM PST by Old Yeller (You can’t obey your way out of tyranny.)
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To: algore
Crazy is as crazy does...


17 posted on 11/28/2021 5:11:06 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

He’s dating Captain America’s girlfriend from 1942.
Hayley Atwell I think…


18 posted on 11/28/2021 6:08:33 AM PST by EEGator
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To: DannyTN

He did in MI: Fallout


19 posted on 11/28/2021 6:09:18 AM PST by EEGator
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To: digger48

That was awesome.


20 posted on 11/28/2021 6:10:58 AM PST by EEGator
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