‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Behind-The-Scenes Image Teases Tom Cruise’s Latest Attempt To Cheat Death
After a delay caused by the coronavirus,Mission: Impossible 7is finally filming – and in trueMission: Impossiblefashion, Tom Cruise’s life is already in danger. DirectorChristopher McQuarrieshared a behind-the-scenes image that appears to show Cruise standing on a ramp planted precariously on the side of a cliff. Set footage reveals that Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt is riding a motorcycle off that ramp, parachuting down from there.
Oh Tommy Cruise, what have you gotten yourself into this time? This set pic is from the Helsetkopen mountain, near Hellesylt in Norway, where a ramp was built to launch Cruise into the air. There are videos capturing the stunt all over the net, and you can find one here, fromGood Morning America. A camera on a helicopter follows Cruise as he rides his bike up the ramp and then deploys a parachute. The footage (and the set pic) are distant enough that Isupposewe could say that it’s not Cruise, it’s his stuntman. But let’s get real here – is Tommy Cruisereallygoing to let another terrifying, death-tempting stunt be handled by his stuntman when he can just do it himself?
Reports indicate that Cruise performed this stunt at least four times during filming, because why risk your life once when you can do it over and over again? For fun?
Mission: Impossible 7brings back not just Cruise but also previousMissionplayersVing Rhames,Henry Czerny,Simon Pegg,Rebecca Ferguson, andVanessa Kirby. New additions includeHayley Atwell,Pom Klementieff,Shea Whigham, andEsai Morales. We don’t really know what the plot of the film is just yet, but it’s safe to assume it will involve Ethan Hunt and his team on yet another hair-raising mission. Who knows, the team might even be disavowed yet again – something that seems to happen often in this franchise.
Christopher McQuarrie, who directed the previous two films in the series, is back to direct, and will actually shootMission: Impossible 8back-to-back with7. Filming onM:I 7was supposed to start in late February of this year, but the coronavirus complicated things. After some delays, McQuarrie and company are back to work in Norway. As of now,Mission: Impossible 7is set to hit theatersNovember 19, 2021.
