This event began 08/16/2025 and repeats every year forever
MY THOUGHTS
the one word I didn't see in the post or comments is experience and that to me is the point cruise made to cavill. you can be young and studied but you need experience for these stunts. Jackie chan nor Tom cruise jumped off of buildings in the new first of fury or risky business... they both grew through experience, yes training, yes studying, yes conditioning, but experience matters and to me that is the source of cruise's statement to cavill. has cavill really had stunt experience to build up to a drop of the height mentioned? I recall Keannu reeves saying, with each john wick film he gets better. yes, training, yes studying, but experience is a great thing and I argue the greatest to know yourself. And experience doesn't require books or teachers, it requires opportunity. And yes opportunity to fail, but whether you succeed or fail you will learn. And to the care to the film or the collective art project and the various people paying their rent through it, I think Cruise has more experience than most in producing/directing/starring/preproduction preparing a movie to be made in the usa that has stunts that insurance companies detest. I am not suggesting a calamity can't happen. Highly Experienced stunt workers always get killed or badly injured in the history of film making. But I think cruise's experience should be treated with confidence. Ray Harryhausen's finest film is arguably clash of the titans and yet, he has decades of experience to build that film . Experience isn't some safety net. No. All things are possible in nature no matter how well anyone prepares. History proves that. But experience has great value and cruise has that and his comments to cavill prove he thinks cavill needs more experience, which is a very responsible thing to display.
ARTICLE EXCERPT
On the set of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Henry Cavill was eager to prove himself by performing the jaw-dropping HALO jump stunt alongside Tom Cruise. But when Cavill asked to jump from 25,000–30,000 feet, Cruise looked him straight in the eye and said, “Henry, I know exactly how you feel,” before firmly warning, “I can’t let you do it.” The reason? The stunt demanded specific, intense training, and one wrong move could have been fatal—for both of them. Cavill reluctantly backed down, joking, “I was like ‘OK, fine. I’ll sit this one out, Mr. Cruise.’” Curious how Cruise’s dedication sets the bar for Hollywood stunts? Click to read more!
ARTICLE URL https://tinseltowntales.com/news/92891
