This is the sequence you will remember the most if you see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol in IMAX, which is the best entry in the never-ending saga. According to the legend, Tom Cruise sacked his insurance firm to pull off this incredible feat atop Dubai’s Burj Kalifa. In the sequence, Cruise maneuvers around the huge skyscraper by running, sliding, crawling, and, yes, even flying. It is 28,000 feet above sea level. The fact that Cruise was so at peace and ease while completing this stunt does demonstrate the high that comes from engaging in such a daring, life-or-death activity. I wholeheartedly urge you to see the stunt’s behind-the-scenes featurette.
Who Is Tom Cruise?
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, better known by his stage name Tom Cruise, was born in Syracuse, New York, on July 3, 1962. He is an American actor best recognized for his versatile acting style and clean-cut good looks.
In the Endless movie Love, Cruise, who started acting in high school, had his acting debut (1981). Before playing the lead in Risky Business as a high school senior who converted his parent’s house into a brothel, he appeared in minor roles in films like Taps (1981) and The Outsiders (1983). As a result of the film’s enormous popularity, Cruise gained a lot of notoriety. He played a military jet pilot in Top Gun (1986), the highest-grossing movie of the year, solidifying his stardom.
Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money, in which Cruise performed alongside Paul Newman, was released in 1986. Two years later, in Rain Guy, Cruise played the conceited brother of an autistic man. Cruise garnered his first Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a Vietnam War veteran turned activist in Born on the Fourth of July (1989).
How Did Tom Cruise Stunt On Burj Khalifa?
Tom Cruise sitting on top of the Burj Khalifa, without a harness of any kind, during filming of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, 2011. pic.twitter.com/33tlp8z9P9
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In the movie Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, Cruise performed one of his most well-known stunts by scaling the side of a skyscraper. Nevertheless, not just any structure! He climbed the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest structure in the world.
Tom Hunt, played by Cruise, had to ascend to the 130th level of the 2,722-foot skyscraper wearing special suction gloves before rappelling down and finishing with a massive leap of faith.
Director Brad Bird told the New York Daily News that during one of the first filming days, “I bolted up in bed thinking that we had our star dangling almost a mile up in the air on a thin wire, and my brain was screaming, ‘What the hell are we doing?'”
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