There are few actors who push themselves to the breaking point more than Tom Cruise, who has long insisted on performing his own stunts in the Mission: Impossible movies. Over the course of the franchise’s history, Cruise has pulled off incredible feats like catching a lift on the outside of an airplane, climbing the tallest building in the world, and just about everything else asked of him.
But, that fearless approach to moviemaking isn’t without its risks and consequences, which the Top Gun: Maverick star found out the hard way during production on Mission: Impossible – Fallout when he broke his ankle in a stunt gone awry. More than a half-decade later, some may have forgotten what happened to Cruise on the set of the series’ sixth installment, what went down in the aftermath, and how the injury ended up being a blessing instead of a curse. Let’s break it down (no pun intended)...
