Tom Cruise reveals his ankle is STILL broken as he films Mission: Impossible 6 stunts
TOM Cruise has revealed that that his ankle is still broken following his Mission: Impossible 6 stunt that went very wrong,
The accident was captured on camera and saw the 55-year-old slam into a wall during a high-octane stunt and limping in agony after.
Explaining the accident that happened over the summer to Graham Norton, Tom said: “I was chasing Henry [Cavill] and was meant to hit the side of the wall and pull myself over but the mistake was my foot hitting the wall.
“I knew instantly my ankle was broken and I really didn’t want to do it again so just got up and carried on with the take. I said, ‘It’s broken. That’s a wrap. Take me to hospital’ and then everyone got on the phone and made their vacation arrangements.”
His co-star Rebecca Ferguson, who is six months pregnant, interjected: “I made a baby in the break! I thought I’d have at least six months off.”
Tom went on to explain that not only is his ankle still broken, but he’s also still filming the film’s stunts.
He said: “It’s still broken but I’m doing well.
“It’s not fully healed but we are shooting and we have a release date so I just have to keep going. I spent 8-10 hours a day, seven days a week in rehab because we still have some major stunts to do.”
Giving some stunt spoilers, he added: “There is one big set piece, which has been two years in the planning. We do an aerial helicopter sequence, which in terms of action is the largest we have ever done. We were flying very low near rock faces and I was literally on Henry’s tail. It was incredibly exhilarating and dangerous.”
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Henry, who also appears in the stunt, admitted, “I thought at one point, ‘ah, this is how I go but at least I will have been killed by Tom Cruise and it will definitely make the papers!’”
As Rebecca interjected: “I was rather blasé about Tom hanging off a helicopter but when he actually did the stunt I screamed. I had no idea what was going to happen. It was terrifying.”
Graham Norton airs tonight on BBC1 at 10.35pm
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