Tom Cruise goes the distance for his action movies. Not one to just sit idly by and let a stuntman do all the hard work, the actor is known for getting as involved as possible to make things gripping and real for an audience, particularly in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise. In ‘Ghost Protocol,’ he really strapped himself at the heights of the Burj Khalifa, and for the upcoming ‘Rogue Nation,’ we already know it features an underwater sequence with no cuts. But that’s not the half of it.
“It’s something I have always wanted to do," Cruise explained to USA Today. "[Director Christopher McQuarrie] and I have been thinking about it since working on ‘Edge of Tomorrow.’ I have done a lot of underwater sequences. But we wanted to create a suspense underwater sequence without cuts. So doing that sequence was really interesting. We’re underwater and we’re doing breath-holds of 6 to 6 1/2 minutes. So I was doing all my training with the other stuff (on-set). It was very taxing stuff.”
And while six minutes might seem like an unbelievably long time, the world record is actually 22 minutes and 22 seconds. But seriously, that’s some kind of dedication on behalf of Cruise who could’ve just decided the uncut sequence wasn’t going to work and figured out something a bit more routine.
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"Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation" arrives on July 31st. Watch the new trailer right here.
Tom Cruise Fan – thanks, I had no idea he was worth that much money, but now I do I\’ll know to keep my opinions in check, that for the heads up, it won\’t happen again.
TO SIMON – And reading your comment, it\’s like hearing a small child WHINE who is not worth $480 million. Go do something with your life kid. Try and match the guy you\’re talking about so that you can say it to his face, petty boy!
TO GLASS – "The rest of the world wouldn\’t be bothered if there was a cut in there." . . . REALLY?? SERIOUSLY?? How do you KNOW that?? How do you know it isn\’t going to be thrillingly immersive following HUNT around underwater, subconsciously noting that there are no cuts, that it\’s a fluid shot?? Have you seen the film?? Please, enlighten me!
Lots of dick-measuring going on with the one-shot mentality. The opening shot of The Player is great because it\’s making fun of that whole "it\’s all one shot – now THAT is good filmmaking" way of thinking.
I brought up his religious situation because I feel a lot of people are strictly against him because of it. Nothing personal..not an attack on you Simon or your opinion. He may very well be a boastful egomaniac. It would not be hard to fathom.
i\’m with kuntakinte on this one. plus glass sounds like an idiot. you\’re telling me only filmmakers and wannabe filmmakers care about editing and cinematography? what an absolute ridiculous claim. you\’re basically saying "ambition shmambition, just give me my fix already." why are you even on this site, do you care at all about movies or how they\’re made? your comment is the dumbest thing i\’ve read in a while.
who brought up his religion? oh that\’s right you did….
If someone else went this far to make sure the scene was extra effective they would receive praise, but because it\’s Tom Cruise it\’s considered boastful or something 99% of people won\’t care about. Birdman won an Oscar for Best Cinematography, which has a lot to do with the extended cuts, so to say only 1% of people will care seems farfetched. I dislike Scientology as much as anyone, but I feel like its unfair to attack him for his insane personal beliefs outside of film and give a pass to everyone else who believes in the tenets of religions or cults that are just as insane but far more mainstream. If someone like Jackie Chan would have done this type of stunt it would be beloved.
Totally, the fact that there are no cuts only really matters to him, the filmmakers, and 1% of the audience who wants to be filmmakers. The rest of the world wouldn\’t be bothered if there was a cut in there.
It\’s like hearing a small child boast.