Christopher McQuarrie explained how dangerous Tom Cruise's wing walking stunt in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning really was. In the film, Cruise spends a significant amount of time hanging from the wing of a biplane, and even executes a jump onto another plane. It's stunts like this that will likely make the upcoming Mission: Impossible 8, in which Cruise's Ethan Hunt will continue his fight against the AI program known as the Entity, one of the best action movies of the year.

In an interview with Collider ahead of the release of Mission: Impossible 8, McQuarrie claimed that it was terrifying to watch Cruise do the wing walking stunt while filming the movie. He explained that Cruise would sometimes be on the wing of the plane for over 12 minutes, which would leave him completely exhausted. According to the director, Cruise didn't even have the strength to pull himself...