I’m breathing in my own carbon dioxide. It builds up in the body and affects the muscles... You have to overcome all of that while you’re doing it, and be present.

There were times I would pass out physically; I was unable to get back into the cockpit," Cruise says.Is there anything Tom Cruise won't do while filming the Mission: Impossible movies?The action star has made it clear that he'll try anything to get the stunts right in his long-running franchise.

Tom Cruise was left unconscious while performing a high-risk stunt for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, set for release on May 23, 2025. The 62-year-old actor revealed to Empire Magazine

The Final Reckoning features a stunt so dangerous that the director had to shut down Tom Cruise's obsessive reshoots.

Tom Cruise’s dedication to practical stunts reaches new depths in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, with Empire magazine revealing the actor risked hypoxia while filming an intense underwater sequence.

"Jesus Christ," director Christopher McQuarrie says as he watches the 62-year-old actor swing thousands of feet in the air

Rocket K/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise pushed the limits while doing his own stunts for Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. In an interview with Empire magazine, Cruise said he

Leave it to Tom Cruise to commit to the bit. The veteran movie star and action hero, famously known for his dedication to leading his own stunts, told Empire in a recent interview previewing the forthcoming Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning that one action sequence in particular led him to pass out on a

In true Tom Cruise fashion, the legendary actor has released a video involving a dangerous stunt from Mission: Impossible 8.