The "Mission: Impossible" series is known for its death-defying stunts. In "Mission: Impossible -- Fallout," Tom Cruise does a Halo (High Altitude Low Open) jump — a military technique in which a skydiver jumps from an incredibly high altitude and deploys their parachute at the last minute from a very low altitude.
Tom Cruise, director Christopher McQuarrie, and the filmmaking team had to practice the jump 106 times to perfectly synchronize the physical and visual choreography. "It was so important for me to get it right because I want to put the audience right there in that moment, feeling this sense of danger as Ethan has to improvise when everything goes wrong," Cruise told Yahoo!. McQuarrie expanded on that idea in an interview with /Film:
"How do we make it subjective? How do we put the audience with Ethan? I'd seen plenty of people jump out of planes, but always with the camera on their backs.
Tom Cruise, director Christopher McQuarrie, and the filmmaking team had to practice the jump 106 times to perfectly synchronize the physical and visual choreography. "It was so important for me to get it right because I want to put the audience right there in that moment, feeling this sense of danger as Ethan has to improvise when everything goes wrong," Cruise told Yahoo!. McQuarrie expanded on that idea in an interview with /Film:
"How do we make it subjective? How do we put the audience with Ethan? I'd seen plenty of people jump out of planes, but always with the camera on their backs.
- 8/12/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
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