“There’s a thrill when there’s authenticity: the idea that this guy is jumping off a cliff on a motorcycle and deploying the parachute 100 feet off the ground,” Pegg said.

Tom Cruise is on everyone’s mind these days.

The huge success of “Top Gun: Maverick” and this breathtaking trailer for “Impossible mission – Dead Reckoning Part One” brought the actor’s love of blockbuster cinema and practical stunts back to the center of cinematic discourse. And it’s not just fans who are in awe of the actor’s consistent disregard for his own safety. Even Hollywood professionals are impressed with what he consistently accomplishes.

in a new interview with Soho House, co-star of Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible” Simon Pegg was asked to compare Cruise’s Ethan Hunt with the other greatest cinema spy, none other than James Bond. Despite Pegg’s British heritage, he revealed that he thought the “Mission: Impossible” films were superior because of Cruise’s death-defying stunts.

“Because I’m biased, I think ‘Mission’ kinda sucks, like everything you see, it does it for real,” Pegg said. “There are no stunt doubles for him.”

While Cruise’s terrifying stunts can be thrilling to watch from the comfort of a movie theater, Pegg said he even finds them scary to watch, especially because he was on set and recognized the authenticity. firsthand.

“There’s a thrill when there’s authenticity: the idea that this guy actually jumps off a cliff on a motorcycle and deploys the parachute 100 feet off the ground?” he said. “It scares you.”

Pegg had good reason to be concerned about this stunt involving a motorcycle and a parachute, which will be seen in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”. Even the famously intrepid Cruise recently declared that it was the most dangerous waterfall of her career.

“I had about six seconds once I got off the ramp to pull the chute and I don’t want to get tangled up on the bike,” Cruise said. “If I do, it’s not going to end well.”

“Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One” was written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. In addition to Cruise and Pegg, it stars Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby and Shea Whigham.

Paramount will release “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” in theaters on July 14, 2023.

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