Tom Cruise not only exploits records at the box office. The actor entered the World Guinness record thanks to a waterfall made by himself in his latest film Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningpresented during the Cannes Film Festival and launched in theaters on May 21.
According to the Official Website of Guinness World Record, the actor made the record of the largest amount of fire parachute jumps. To convert this scene, which appears at the end of the eighth part of Mission: ImpossibleThe one who plays the secret agent Ethan Hunt has jumped 16 times with a helicopter with a burning parachute, all accompanied by a camera around the waist so as not to miss anything.
This waterfall, filmed in South Africa, had never been done before and, therefore, allowed Tom Cruise to establish a record, then validated by Guinness World Record experts this Wednesday, June 4.
“Tom is an action hero”
Particularly famous for its impressive waterfalls in the cinema that absolutely wants to do, Tom Cruise puts the listener always higher with each new part of the franchise Impossible mission.
In Mission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningThus, the actor challenges the gravity hanging on a plane on a complete flight more than 2 km altitude, with a wind at 225 km/h. A sequence designed without special digital effects, specifies the Paramount study.
“Tom is not content to play the action heroes, he is an action hero,” said Craig Glenday, editor, in the main of Guinness World Record in a press release.
“A large part of its success can be attributed to its absolute concern for authenticity and to promote the limits of what a main actor can do. It is an honor to be able to recognize his courage with this new Guinness World Records title,” he added.
Source: BFM TV
