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Tom Cruise\u2019s\u00a0\u201cJerry McGuire\u201d costar Beau Bridges thinks the 63-year-old actor is getting higher and higher with age.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually appreciated working with him,\u201d Bridges, who starred alongside Cruise within the 90s romcom, advised\u00a0Folks\u00a0whereas attending the \u201cMatlock\u201d For Your Consideration occasion final week. \u201cHe\u2019s a beautiful actor and\u00a0simply will get higher with age. I imply, he\u2019s nonetheless doing all these loopy stunts and stuff. Yeah. And I like working with him. I assumed he was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bridges isn\u2019t the one actor who has ideas on Cruise\u2019s legendary stunts.<\/p>\n
Earlier this yr,\u00a0Ethan Hawke revealed that he\u00a0has grown \u201coffended\u201d with Cruise, explaining that the \u201cMission: Inconceivable\u201d star\u2019s high-risk stunt work has modified what audiences and studios anticipate from actors throughout Hollywood.<\/p>\n
\u201cTom Cruise has completely modified what\u2019s anticipated for actors,\u201d Hawke advised\u00a0Selection\u00a0on the 2026 Sundance Movie Competition in February. \u201cSome a part of me is getting offended through the years as a result of everybody in some way appears like they\u2019re much less in the event that they use a stunt crew.\u201d<\/p>\n Whereas Cruise \u2014 who’s\u00a0returning for \u201cPrime Gun 3\u201d \u2014 has\u00a0by no means appeared in a superhero film from Marvel, DC or some other comic-book franchise, the actor cemented his standing as an motion film icon by insisting on performing more and more harmful, real-world stunts himself in blockbuster\u00a0franchises together with \u201cMission: Inconceivable,\u201d \u201cPrime Gun\u201d\u00a0and \u201cJack Reacher.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Final yr, Cruise\u00a0almost broke his again\u00a0whereas performing a stunt for \u201cMission: Inconceivable \u2013 The Last Reckoning.\u201d<\/p>\n In bonus content material from the digital launch of the movie, Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie detailed one of many movie\u2019s most harrowing sequences: a high-flying biplane battle between the actor\u2019s character, Ethan Hunt, and Gabriel, portrayed by Esai Morales.<\/p>\n The scene confirmed Ethan leaping from one aircraft onto one other, as he clung to the wing midair.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, this nearly broke my again,\u201d Cruise mentioned, per\u00a0Leisure Weekly.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re speaking about loads of ache right here,\u201d McQuarrie chimed in.<\/p>\n Cruise\u2019s character was seen within the video clip grabbing a seat belt, holding on for pricey life, because the aircraft flipped the other way up.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cNow watch this, the factor we haven\u2019t talked about, holding on to this belt,\u201d McQuarrie described, whereas Cruise mentioned, \u201cOh God, that was brutal.\u201d<\/p>\n The director continued to elucidate, \u201cThis separated the joints in Tom\u2019s fingers from the power, so by the point we completed this sequence, your fingers have been completely swollen \u2013 oh my God, it was so painful to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n Through the intense scene, Cruise\u2019s character was pressured to crash into the facet of the plane. As he remembered the ache, the\u00a0Hollywood actor\u00a0mentioned, \u201cOh, that was brutal. That hit, that was a tough one.\u201d<\/p>\n McQuarrie joked, \u201cAnd also you improvised that, thanks very a lot. I admire that. You have been like, \u2018I feel we\u2019re gonna want that,\u2019 and I used to be like, \u2018I didn\u2019t ask you to try this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n