19 times Tom Cruise left us mind-blown with his own stunts in Hollywood

Modified Feb 03, 2025 13:16 ET

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7. The Helicopter Chase – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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Cruise didn’t just sit inside a helicopter while someone else flew. He trained for over 2,000 hours to fly it himself, performing dangerous spirals and nose-dives in a real Airbus H125 through narrow mountain passes. At one point, he steered the chopper into a full corkscrew descent, a move even professional pilots consider risky. A single mistake could have sent him crashing into the cliffs. No other A-list actor has ever attempted something this complex.