Tom Cruise is two years away from turning 50 – but he is not slowing down. In fact, he is putting some extra pep in his step and doing his own movie stunts.
And oh, no, not just any old stunt will do for this action hero trying to dig his way out of the dubious and recenlty-released Forbes Hollywood List Of Most Overpaid Actors which Cruise entered at number 5.
Cruise is doing his own stunts for Mission Impossible 4 which is being filmed in Dubai, including a terrifying chase and decent down the 2,717 foot Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest man-made structure, ever.
You can watch the videos below which show Cruise hanging around from the side of the structure’s observation deck, way up on the 124th floor. In the second video, a helicopter is seen circling the actor mere feet away, while the crew shot the stunt from the floor above. His spokeswoman told the Daily Mail, “Tom has been preparing for the stunt for some time. He believes if he performs the stunts himself, the audience believes more in his character.”
Hope risking your life like this will translate into the ticket sales you want Tom!