Tom Cruise filmed the most dangerous scene in 'Mission: Impossible' first: 'Let's just get it done'

Tom Cruise is celebrating his birthday with fans!The  actor rang in the big 6-1 at the  premiere in Sydney, Australia, with some of the film's stars and a bevy of excited Australian fans by his side.«It was great to spend my birthday with fans today. Thanks for coming out to the premiere!» Cruise captioned the tweet on Monday, which featured photos from the red carpet, a fireworks show and pics of the actor signing autographs for fans.It was great to spend my birthday with fans today.

Tom Cruise turns 61 on Monday, marking more than four decades since he broke on to the Hollywood scene and started his ascension to the mega-famous movie star we know today.Born on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, New York, Cruise got his start in bit movie parts before a breakout year in 1983, in which he starred in and his breakthrough hit, But it was in the 1990s when Cruise began to hit his stride as box office magic. From 1992-96, he made history when he starred in five consecutive movies that grossed $100 million or more in the United States: and .His starring role as Ethan Hunt in has also been a blockbuster boon.

Tom Cruise took on a dangerous new sport for "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One." Cruise, 60, performs his own stunts and the actor chose speedflying for his latest film. Speedflying is similar to paragliding but uses a much smaller canopy and is "completely unpredictable," according to director Christopher McQuarrie. "To shoot these stunts for ‘Mission: Impossible,’ with Tom there are no limits, so we become a little bit more adventurous every time," McQuarrie noted.

Greg Tarzan Davis learned an important lesson from working with Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise is proving he really can do anything.

Greg Tarzan Davis has learned a thing or two from working with Tom Cruise on not just one blockbuster film — -- but on another one as well: . And, above all else, accountability's what immediately comes to mind when it comes to lessons learned from the veteran action star.ET interviewed Davis at the Baha Mar Resort in the Bahamas, from where Entertainment Tonight is broadcasting from this week, and he spoke to Nischelle Turner about what he's learned from Cruise and how he applies it to his own life.Fans will recall the alum played Lt.

Tom Cruise is bringing more death-defying stunts than ever before to In a new behind-the-scenes clip from the upcoming action flick, Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie headed to the Lake District in northwest England to film the franchise star participating in «one of the most dangerous sports in the world,» speedflying. «While it may look similar, speedflying is not skydiving,» McQuarrie explains in the clip. «Skydiving is fairly predictable, speedflying is incredibly unpredictable.»While skydivers look for an open field to land in comfortably, for speedflyers, the point is to accelerate and spiral as close as possible to the mountains and rock formations — just feet off the ground — before landing at a high rate of speed.The intense scenes were too dangerous to film with a helicopter or drone, so the crew had to construct their own gimbal system, rigging up two cameras to track Cruise's rapid descent down the mountains, reaching speeds of up to 50 miles per hour.«It is truly a one-of-a-kind adventure,» McQuarrie says in the clip of directing Cruise through his increasingly daring stunts in thefilms.

Next month marks a showdown between three of the year’s biggest blockbusters at the box office. First up, “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” arrives on July 12, followed by Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer” on July 21.

Tom Cruise, 60, and Hayley Atwell,41, know how to promote a film! The “Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One” costars attended the film’s premiere in Dubai on June 26, and they looked amazing on the red carpet. In one of the photos, Cruise, who was reportedly interested in dating Shakira, gently greeted his costar with a kiss on the cheek.Atwell looked stunning in a satin lime gown, while Cruise looked dapper in a black suit.Atwell is newly engaged to her fiance Ned Wolfgang Kelly, but there were rumors that she was dating Cruise when they were filming in 2020.The cast of ‘Mission Impossible’ explain how they filmed without a script: ‘The story is always changing’Katie Holmes stuns in crocheted dress at the opening night of ‘Like Water For Chocolate’Suri Cruise and a friend enjoy summer in New YorkThe Christopher Robin actress shut down the speculation last month in May, telling Country & Town House, “What I feel is the truly extraordinary power of platonic love, which seems to be sometimes under-represented.” Atwell said she talked to Cruise about the rumors whenever she felt worried.

$2.3 billion “Avatar: The Way of Water” raked in last Christmas — movie theaters are back to being an armory of high-profile bombs. This weekend, wobbly Warner Bros.’ “The Flash” dropped a staggering 73% in its second week to a worldwide total of just $210 million. A more-than-50% decline for an expensive DC Comics superhero film spells trouble.Consider that fellow Justice League member “Aquaman” made $229 million by his second weekend in the US and Canada alone.Pixar’s uninspired “Elemental,” released June 16 and so far having grossed $121 million, will wind up as one of the Disney-owned animation studio’s biggest failures ever.

Tom Cruise is saying goodbye to London!

Tom Cruise. The 60-year-old action star opened up to ET's Rachel Smith when asked if it's at all feasible that the senior field agent for the elite covert operations agency, Impossible Mission Force (IMF), will soon hang up his parachute and running shoes.ET was the only American outlet at the U.K.

The Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One press tour is heating up Europe. 

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tom Cruise will ride a motorcycle off the edge of a cliff, but kicking a co-star in the chest is apparently where he draws the line. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” co-star Pom Klementieff said she practically begged him to kick her in the stomach for real while they were filming a fight scene. Cruise refused to do so. “I kept telling him to just kick me here,” Klementieff said while pointing to her stomach. “I was squeezing abs. [I said], ‘You can just go for it.’ He was like ‘No, no, no, no, no.’ I was like, ‘But it’s going to help me!’ But he wouldn’t do it.”

“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” lands in theaters in about three weeks, and with comes another batch of jaw-dropping stunts from actor Tom Cruise. Cruise’s turns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt showcase the actor’s willingness to take physically demanding risks.

Tom Cruise is serious about his stunt work, and in he wasted no time taking on a death-defying scene!Cruise sat down with ET's Nischelle Turner in Rome this week to preview the upcoming action flick, and he shared an interesting fact about the production, revealing that the most dangerous stunt of his career — a motorcycle jump off of a cliff into a base jump — was the first-ever scene filmed for .«Well, we know either we're gonna continue with the film or we're not,» Cruise said with a laugh of planning the death-defying stunt. «Let's know day one… Do we all continue, or is it a major rewrite?»In all seriousness, the actor added, it all came down to focus.

Tom Cruise is premiering his new film, “Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.” He attended the event in Rome with the film’s cast, which includes Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, and Pom Klementieff.‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ star Pom Klementieff was inspired by this bird to play ‘Mission Impossible’ roleMission Impossible: Simon Pegg hints at the role of Artificial Intelligence in the filmThe cast of ‘Mission Impossible’ explain how they filmed without a script: ‘The story is always changing’Cruise and Ferguson took some photos together and looked happy to celebrate the momentous occasion alongside each other. They also kissed each other on the cheek.

Jason Statham is a bona fide action hero, and with that status comes certain responsibilities. First, you have to have the constitution of a top athlete and second you have to do your own stunts. Being a former elite-level diver, Statham definitely has the former, but now, in an interview with Collider, The Expendables and Fast and Furious star has revealed how he has also done his own stunts over the years – sometimes at great risk to his health.

Tom Cruise has promised to “fight for big theaters” and preserve cinema culture while at the world premiere of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1.While at the Spanish Steps in Rome, Cruise delivered a passionate speech about films, acting and working with film director Christopher McQuarrie, per Variety. Cruise said during his speech: “There is a community that we are all part of — different cultures and ways of life, we all join together to enjoy cinema.

Tom Cruise is back in theaters with the latest installment of Mission: Impossible and the initial reactions of the film following its world premiere in Rome are in.