Tom Cruise's Plane Stunt in 'American Made' Is Beyond Insane
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Director Doug Liman reveals that while doing a plane stunt for the movie, Cruise had to climb out of the cockpit several times while it was in the air and nobody was there to assist him.

AceShowbiz - Tom Cruise is known for being fearless to perform his own stunts, which include those he did back in "Mission: Impossible" movies and "The Mummy". For his upcoming movie "American Made", in which Cruise plays a pilot who helps CIA do a covert operation, Cruise performed no less dangerous stunt. The actor had to climb out of a plane several times while it was in the air and nobody was in the cockpit to assist him.

Director Doug Liman spoke to Yahoo Movies about Cruise's crazy plane stunt, explaining the danger Cruise had to go through for one of the scenes in the movie. "It can be pretty hair-raising, flying extremely fast, small airplanes, low to the ground, is a dangerous environment to be in just on its own," said Liman. He added, "Then, in the story, he's throwing bales of cocaine out of the airplane, loading them up with guns, so every once in a while in this scene he's got to climb out of the cockpit and go to the back of the airplane to dump the cocaine out."

Liman went on saying that Cruise was doing it solely by himself. "I'm flying alongside him in a helicopter filming, and that made a big impression on me-there's nobody in the cockpit of the plane!" said Liman. "Tom has gone to the back of the aircraft, and he's alone in that airplane. It's one thing to have Tom Cruise alone in the airplane flying it-that's already outrageous-now he's alone and he's not even in the cockpit so he's gone beyond. It was already a stunt before he left the cockpit, it was already a serious stunt," he added.

In Universal Pictures' "American Made", Tom Cruise reunites with his "Edge of Tomorrow" director, Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity", "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"), in this international escapade based on the outrageous (and real) exploits of a hustler and pilot unexpectedly recruited by the CIA to run one of the biggest covert operations in U.S. history.

"American Made" is scheduled to be released in the U.S. on September 29.

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