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[inm8num2]

http://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/tom-cruise-injured-mission-impossible-6-stunt-1201866160/

Tom Cruise’s well-known habit of performing his own stunts appears to have resulted in an injury, though thankfully not a serious one. TMZ has a video of the 55-year-old actor coming up short while jumping from one building to another as part of a stunt for “Mission: Impossible 6”; after getting up, Cruise briefly collapses while attempting to walk it off. Watch the video here.

That TMZ video caption is brutal.

 

[ohlawd]

fuck TMZ

 

[Beartruck]

That caption, jeez. Pow right in his insecurities.

 

[veryslowhand]

journalist as its finest

 

[TheContact]

Give this guy a lot of credit for doing his own stunts. Hope he's ok and yes fuck TMZ. You have to be a real piece of shit to work there.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

you're getting too old for this shit, Tom.

 

[TemplaerDude]

The guy is probably in amazing shape and all but he seriously needs to think about slowing down and getting some stunt doubles.

 

[PixelatedBookake]

Still no dignity in tabloid "journalism" fuck TMZ

 

[andrerobot]

journalist as its finest

It's OK. He's a scientologist.

 

[Shredderi]

The guy has to be in pretty good shape for his age, right? He seems like he has kept himself in tip top shape for a few decades for all his movies.

 

[The Rain King]

55 years old.

What a baller.

 

[GodParticle]

I like the "a little short" dig. Classy, TMZ haha

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

That'll knock the thetans out of ya.

 

[Mac the KNife]

Everything else aside, you have to admire Cruise's hustle. Glad he's okay.

Cruise recently performed 64 takes of a zero-gravity plane-crash sequence for ”The Mummy,"

Good god.

 

[Moppeh]

So after all the Scientology nonsense, he isn't impervious to damage? Damn, I'm starting to think scientology is a raw deal.

 

[Tagyhag]

I don't get Tabloids like TMZ, they claim that their stalking and harassing is to just feed their families. But then they act like smug assholes while doing it.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I sometimes wonder how Cruise's career is going to play out. He's 55. Is he going to try and continue to make leading man action movies into his 60s? Will he slow down and do more dramatic stuff?

 

[Sojgat]

It's fucking nothing.

He is going to totally kill himself doing his own stunts one day though.

 

[UrbanRats]

McQuarrie is back, Rebecca Ferguson is back, Cavill as the bad guy... i'm hyped as hell for MI6.
If he can deliver the kind of stuff he did in MI5, at 80 years old, bring it on.

Also, the description of the video makes it sound worse than it is.

 

[SpaceWolf]

I don't get Tabloids like TMZ, they claim that their stalking and harassing is to just feed their families. But then they act like smug assholes while doing it.

While I share your complete disdain for TMZ, there's obviously a market for the stories they continually peddle. Just look at this thread.

 

[Sebastian Suola]

Those Mission: Impossible-movies are great (and they keep getting better and better), and the stunts he pulls off are amazing. But I hope he doesn't kill himself doing it. Jesus Christ...

 

[ItIsOkBro]

it adds so much to every tom cruise action scene that they can film from any angle, especially with his face in clear view

 

[ThisGuy]

Seeing 55 as 5'5 and "impossible 6" as impossible 6'.

 

[JigglesBunny]

May Xenu protect him.

 

[PabloBolivar]

I sometimes wonder how Cruise's career is going to play out. He's 55. Is he going to try and continue to make leading man action movies into his 60s? Will he slow down and do more dramatic stuff?

Let's hope he doesn't try drama. He's so bad.
Edit: also, I hate his nipples.

 

[Miker]

Seeing 55 as 5'5 and "impossible 6" as impossible 6'.

damn

 

[kevin1025]

I sometimes wonder how Cruise's career is going to play out. He's 55. Is he going to try and continue to make leading man action movies into his 60s? Will he slow down and do more dramatic stuff?

I think he's going to slow down, but no one can say when. With American Made coming out, it would be neat if he transitioned into movies like that, drama with a little bit of action peppered in. But if he's in peak physical shape and wants to keep going, I'm cool with it! He's at the top of his game, even with things like this injury... though maybe the injury makes him rethink things a little.

 

[FairyD]

He looks amazing for someone that is 55.

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

Even though his action scenes are sometimes not filmed as well, I put Tom Cruise up there with Jackie Chan in terms of actors doing their own insane stunts.

 

[LordOfLore]

I sometimes wonder how Cruise's career is going to play out. He's 55. Is he going to try and continue to make leading man action movies into his 60s? Will he slow down and do more dramatic stuff?

He apparently changed some lines in the Mummy to have people call him a young man.

 

[jelly]

He looks amazing for someone that is 55.

I admire his fitness but he has totally had work done on his face. Guys age well anyway.

That jump has got to sting, thought the rope would stop that eventuality happening but guess it's just the drop.

 

[Hydrus]

The guy might be a weirdo in his personal life, but when it comes to his career, he's a badass.

 

[Eylos]

I think he's going to slow down, but no one can say when. With American Made coming out, it would be neat if he transitioned into movies like that, drama with a little bit of action peppered in. But if he's in peak physical shape and wants to keep going, I'm cool with it! He's at the top of his game, even with things like this injury... though maybe the injury makes him rethink things a little.

He Will start to do the old Cop/New cop trope

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Let's hope he doesn't try drama. He's so bad.
Edit: also, I hate his nipples.

we nipple shaming now?

 

[kevin1025]

He Will start to do the old Cop/New cop trope

I figured that's where they were headed with adding Jeremy Renner to Mission Impossible, but it seems like ever since then Cruise has gotten crazier with the stunts, haha.

But yeah, he'd be good at that. They could still have him doing wild stunts, but messing them up a little bit, which could give the new cop in that trope a chance for something witty to say.

 

[segasonic]

also, I hate his nipples.

Well that must make his movies unwatchable.

 

[Mediking]

Really hyped for the next MI movie. Cruise is great in them. 5 was so good.

 

[Anung]

He apparently changed some lines in the Mummy to have people call him a young man.

He had Russel Crowe who is 3 years younger call him young man.

It's weird. I wonder when he'll let himself transition into an older actor. Clooney's doing it quite gracefully.

 

[PabloBolivar]

we nipple shaming now?

I mean.. yeah?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

He had Russel Crowe who is 3 years younger call him young man.

It's weird. I wonder when he'll let himself transition into an older actor. Clooney's doing it quite gracefully.

I kind of wonder if this will end badly, like he'll never let himself age gracefully and will get a bunch of awful plastic surgery and in like 5 years he's a punchline.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

"A little short" would have been met with "dat first post" and copious gifs.

 

[Shredderi]

"A little short" would have been met with "dat first post" and copious gifs.

 

[number11]

Let's hope he doesn't try drama. He's so bad.
Edit: also, I hate his nipples.

Magnolia is one of the greatest dramatic performances. If anything he needs to do more drama roles.

 

[JMTHEFOX]

That caption by TMZ was fucking savage...

Praying that Cruise is okay, dude is king when he does stunts by himself.

 

[TissueBox]

Stay safe Tom!!

 

[Harmen]

I reckon this guy has had his fair share of injuries of varying degrees between "it's nothing" and "serious" troughout his career. Dude is insane but that personality also makes him such an exceptional actor in certain aspects. I have respect for how he handles his work and wish him well.

 

[Devilgunman]

Cruise needs to take a break. Even Jacky Chan had to stop doing stunt at some point.

 

[Booker Dewitt]

I kind of wonder if this will end badly, like he'll never let himself age gracefully and will get a bunch of awful plastic surgery and in like 5 years he's a punchline.

Hasn't this already started? Been years since I watched Ghost Protocol, but he seemed "older" in that then in the recent Mummy film.

 

[WickedLaharl]

Time for another audit tom.

 

[jett]

Ouch. I guess he didn't drink his Xenujuice that morning. You really have to give it up to Cruise for doing his own stunts. Thankfully he's also a safety first kind of guy.

I sometimes wonder how Cruise's career is going to play out. He's 55. Is he going to try and continue to make leading man action movies into his 60s? Will he slow down and do more dramatic stuff?

Why not. Lima Neeson does it, lol.

His last "serious" role was Valkyrie nine years ago. I don't think he's interested in those anymore.