CRUISE ESCAPES FINAL RECKONING

DAREDEVIL Tom Cruise cheated death while filming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – after nearly getting stuck on the wing of a biplane shortly before the aircraft ran out of fuel, according to the flick's director.

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Cruise insisted on pushing himself to the limit during the making of the eighth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series

Moviemaker Christopher McQuarrie recently recounted the scary sequence, which took place over South Africa, while speaking to an audience at the Cannes Film Festival.

Tom filmed on the wing of a biplane for 22 minutes, which is 10 minutes longer than safety guidelines allow