Tom Cruise is Hollywood’s resident daredevil. The 62-year-old has become famous for completing death-defying stunts in his movies, notably the Mission: Impossible franchise. While playing Ethan Hunt, Cruise hung off the side of an airplane, performed a HALO jump at 25,000 feet, and drove a motorcycle off a cliff before skydiving to safety.

Impossible 8 director Christopher McQuarrie wanted him to do was… well, impossible – and he made McQuarrie try it himself to prove his point. In a clip shared on Twitter from a Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning press conference in Tokyo,

Impossible – The Final Reckoning', Tom Cruise declined to comment on Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on movies made outside the US, preferring to focus on the film. Cruise also shared insights into recommending Nicole Kidman for Stanley Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut',