When you've been carrying a franchise for almost 30 years, it's understandable that you might get tired now and again. However, perhaps one of the worst places to do so would be on the wing of a biplane thousands of feet in the air. And yet, that's precisely what happened with Tom Cruise for the closing incredible aerial sequence of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. In an interview with The Times, the star's longtime stunt coordinator and second-unit director, Wade Eastwood, revealed how much it took out of Cruise for the last big hurrah.
“It beat the hell out of him. The wind hitting him, and the blast of the propeller, particles hitting him. It was the hardest workout you could ever do, it was very dangerous and very exhausting for him," recalled Eastwood. "Many times we were carrying him off the wing because he was so tired. And he was flying all day.”
