On a crisp September morning in Norway, Tom Cruise walked up to a Honda CRF 450, mounted, and rode a ramp off a cliff.
When it comes to making a bike look good, world-renowned actor Tom Cruise has the cat in the proverbial bag. His stunts are a thing of legend – and one of his most impressive stunts to date will be featured in the action film “Mission: Impossible 7”.
In the film, Tom Cruise times a cliff jump without crunching into helicopter, drone, bike, or cliff walls on the descent. Cruise explains the technical details to EmpireOnline, stressing the difficulty of execution.
And who can blame him? If I had to ride a gorgeous bike off a ramp and time my parachute like that, you’d be scraping me off the floor with a spatula.
“If the wind was too strong, it would blow me off the ramp. The helicopter [filming the stunt] was a problem because I didn’t want to be hammering down that ramp at top speed and get hit by a stone. Or if I departed in a weird way, we didn’t know what was going to happen with the bike. I had about six seconds once I departed the ramp to pull the chute, and I don’t want to get tangled in the bike. If I do, that’s not going to end well.”
For Cruise, the stunt itself took about six seconds – but the actual training took months to pull off properly, and lockdown/phase mandates didn’t help the film’s production.
Unprecedented times caused the actor and crew to find alternative filming routes, and the push to produce paid off.
He recalls the relief at being able to carry forward with production, stating, “I was thinking about the people I work with and my industry. And for the whole crew to know that we’d started rolling on a movie was just a huge relief. It was very emotional, I gotta tell you.”
Keep a beady eye on the box office mates – this film promises to be an eye-opener.
*edit – thanks for the heads-up on the incorrect motorcycle brand/model everyone! The BMW is rectified to a Honda..may it rest in peace.*
Should have been the other way around.
I admire the bloke.
1. He rides motorcycles.
2. He does his own stunt/s
3. He’s laid Nicole Kidman… Green with envy
Not true…..he acts like he does his own stunts…….he is a phoney…..
He literally did this stunt. I’m blown away how dumb you are for saying this.
Poor bike. It became expendable. Cruise is learning from James Bond on trashing agency assigned machines.
I felt bad when Daniel Craig trashed the hell out of the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish. 🙁
Because of his high position within the Scientology cult he was able to buy a planet for his spirit to retire to when he finally carks it. So, riding a bike off a cliff is not a worry. With a planet home for back up what could go wrong ?
It’s exactly like the amish cult, it’s really selfish how they think.
It’s an inanimate object. Smh I think the bike didn’t feel anything.
Looks like a Honda CRF?
It’s not a GS, that’s for sure.
Did either of you morons actually read the fucking article? Is a Honda CRF 450. Holy shit, are people really this dumb?
Hey Dees, we originally reported the incorrect bike and have since corrected the article.
Def not a BMW GS in pic
I wonder how much his insurance policy against injury or death costs. It must be millions.
Mr.Cruise is true actor and puts mouth where his heart is.
Definitely not a bmw…more like a few year old honda crf450….and a much better bike to be launching off a cliff. Sorry bmw…
I wonder if he knows where David Miscavige’s wife is? Only been missing since 2007, no biggie.
Years ago a first officer I was flying with was training Mr. Cruise as a pilot in the Toronto area. He said Tom Cruise was very focussed. Prepared for each lesson very well and had very good hands and feet. When Mr. Cruise left Canada as his filming was over he sent his instructor a thank you note with the latest Boise noise cancelling headset. A very kind gesture. I am not surprised that he would train for a stunt like this.