I think many of us were dazzled this winter when early footage from Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning- Part 1 was released. Aside from the awesome trailer, Paramount Pictures released a behind-the-scenes video of Tom Cruise performing one of the most high-flying stunts ever attempted. Cruise rides a motorcycle off of a cliff and then parachutes down off of the bike. Watching it was awe-inspiring, as it shows the Top Gun actor is willing to do anything to get a scene just right. M:I 7 director Christopher McQuarrie recently revealed that that stunt was actually shot on the first day of filming and is now revealing why he decided to start production with such a technical scene.
The actor and his director sat down with Empire, during which they talked about the much-anticipated Mission: Impossible film. Among the things they discussed was what went into shooting the death-defying motorcycle stunt performed by the 60-year-old actor. During the conversation, the director revealed that kicking things off with that scene helped production in a few key ways:
