Tom Cruise Details 'Mission Impossible' Stunt That Almost Broke His Back

Tom Cruise took his daredevil stunts to new heights while filming Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning, but the actor admitted that he almost walked away with a life-altering injury. Cruise, 63, provided commentary in bonus content featured in the film’s digital release, sharing that the scene in which he hung off of a biplane was quite painful. “Oh, this almost broke my back,” he noted as the scene played over the commentary, to which director Christopher McQuarrie replied, “You’re talking about a lot of pain here.” Cruise also revealed that the crew had to “shoot in Africa twice because