Mission: Impossible" co-star Simon Pegg talks watching Tom Cruise's stunt: "We were all a bit hysterical
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For actor Simon Pegg, the first day on the set of "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" involved watching a friend and co-star attempting one of the biggest stunts in movie history. The co-star was of course Tom Cruise, whose stuntwork in movies like "Top Gun: Maverick" and the "Mission: Impossible" series has audiences clamoring to see what he's capable of. In the newest "Mission: Impossible" movie, Cruise's character Ethan Hunt rides a motorcycle off a cliff, then jumps off the bike and performs a terrifying BASE jump to land safely. Despite the high-stakes stunt, Pegg said the day was "the opposite of chaos." "Tom is very, very diligent when it comes to preparing for these things. He's not crazy. Everyone says, oh, he must be crazy. He does, you know, but he trains hard. Everything is in place. It's a well-oiled machine," Pegg explained. ...