Hollywood star Tom Cruise reveals the most difficult stunt he’s ever attempted in a Mission Impossible film: ‘It takes years of preparation’

Tom Cruise has laid bare the trickiest stunt he’s ever attempted – and succeeded – in one of his many actions films.

The Mission Impossible star, 62, who has been fronting the franchise for 30 years, revealed in an interview with The Project that his hardest stunt to date is in the upcoming last instalment, Dead Reckoning.

In the film, Tom was submerged in a water tank which turned on command, imitating a sinking submarine. 

‘Was that one of the hardest stunt sequences that you’ve ever done?’ The Project’s host asked.

‘Without a question,’ the actor replied.

Speaking of the masks and suits that were required for the boundary-pushing stunt, Tom shone a light on the more innovative aspect of bringing action films to the screen. 

Tom Cruise (pictured) has laid bare the trickiest stunt he’s ever attempted – and succeeded – in one of his many actions films

The Mission Impossible star, who has been fronting the franchise for 30 years, revealed in an interview with The Project that his hardest stunt to date is in upcoming last instalment, Dead Reckoning

‘We’re inventing technology when we’re doing these movies and it takes years of preparation,’ he said.

Tom went on to note how roles in films such as Legend helped him prepare for the underwater scenes in the Mission Impossible flick, while plane skills learnt in the first Top Gun film helped him master some of the aero stunts.

It looks like the blockbuster – which cost almost $400 million to make – is going to be another big win for the action star, as it is already being described as ‘astonishing’ by early viewers.

Following a series of press screenings, movie critics took to social media to gush about the latest instalment in the franchise, calling it ‘the action film of the summer.’

‘Tom Cruise defies all odds with jaw-dropping action built only for Imax,’ wrote critic Anthony Gagliardi.

‘Every stunt, every set piece, every second is designed to blow your mind, A PULSE-POUNDING THRILL RIDE, and Cruise remains the king of spectacle,’ he added.

Fandango’s Erik Davis wrote, ‘Absolutely astonishing action moments meet a sprawling story with many nods to past MI films. It’s the biggest, wildest and most consequential Mission movie yet.’

Movie critic Dave Baldwin gushed, ‘It’s exceptionally entertaining with pulse-pounding stunts that will leave you gasping. Tom Cruise has done it again.’

The blockbuster film – which cost almost $400 million to make – has already been described as ‘astonishing’ by early viewers

Following a series of press screenings, movie critics took to social media to gush about the latest instalment in the franchise, calling it ‘the action film of the summer’

While most of the feedback for the film was positive, there were a few minor critiques from some viewers.

Brad Shanker said that it ‘drags in the middle’ while Gizmodo’s Germaine Lussier described it as ‘long, plotty, and repetitive.’

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning opens in  Australia on May 17.

While it was originally billed as the last instalment in the long-running franchise, Cruise has since hinted that the series may continue.

Cruise previously admitted that he joined the franchise for Brian De Palma’s first entry in 1996 because he hoped to transform the action genre after a string of critically acclaimed performance that raised his profile in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

‘It was about looking at Mission and thinking, “What can we do with action?”‘ he said, via Deadline.

‘It was about how I can evolve action and storytelling and imbue that kind of storytelling with greater amounts of emotion.

‘That’s my interest. So I studied stunts and different cameras to develop my abilities and develop the technology.’