15 Stunning Facts About 2018’s Biggest Movies

15. Tom Cruise Spent 2,000 Hours Learning To Fly A Helicopter - Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission Impossible Fallout Tom Cruise
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Picking just one incredible fact about the latest Mission: Impossible movie sure isn't easy.

But even beyond Tom Cruise performing 106 HALO jumps in order to secure three usable takes and Warner Bros. offering to pay $3 million to give Henry Cavill a digital moustache, nothing tops Cruise's dedication to the film's high-wire finale.

While just about every actor in his position would've had a stunt pilot fly the helicopter and primarily used green screen composition for the cockpit shots, not Tom Cruise.

Cruise actually spent 8-hour days training as a pilot during pre-production so he could fly the chopper himself, ultimately logging an insane 2,000 hours in the cockpit and performing the majority of the stunts himself.

You can't fault the man's dedication, and the mind-blowing end result certainly speaks for itself.

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