#film-stunts

#film-stunts

On Sunday night, Tom Cruise demonstrated one reason his star shines brighter in Hollywood than others: His stamina and endurance. That's according to writers present at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards, where the 63-year-old Mission: Impossible star finally received an Oscar. Actually, it was an honorary Oscar, given to Cruise for his incredible commitment to our filmmaking community, as Academy President Janet Yang said when the award was announced earlier this year.

Director Jake Schreier explained in a featurette called "The Jump" that the stunt was incorporated into the film's opening sequence to give the "movie more weight and a little bit more surprise...to up the stakes."