“Some Of These Injuries, What’s The Point?”: Tom Cruise Hid A Broken Foot So He Could Film A Centerpiece Mission: Impossible Stunt That The Studio Spent 6 Months Trying To Cancel

Tom Cruise recalls hiding his broken foot in order to film a Mission: Impossible II stunt that the studio spent months trying to cancel. Released in 2000 and directed by John Woo, the follow-up to 1996’s Mission: Impossible features Cruise back as superspy Ethan Hunt, this time fighting terrorists to recover a deadly virus. The sequel features a handful of standout action sequences and stunts, including the movie’s opening, which features Cruise scaling the side of a mountain and making a death-defying leap from one cliff face to another.