'Mission: Impossible' star Tom Cruise takes on 'most dangerous' sport in behind the scenes look at new film

foxnews.com:

Tom Cruise took on a dangerous new sport for "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One." Cruise, 60, performs his own stunts and the actor chose speedflying for his latest film.

Speedflying is similar to paragliding but uses a much smaller canopy and is "completely unpredictable," according to director Christopher McQuarrie. "To shoot these stunts for ‘Mission: Impossible,’ with Tom there are no limits, so we become a little bit more adventurous every time," McQuarrie noted.

Cruise's newest stunt requires perfect weather, specifically wind patterns. "It's a very beautiful and delicate sport," Crusie said.  "But it also is one of the most dangerous stunts in the world," added McQuarrie. "Any sort of cross wind could put Tom in peril." In the behind-the-scenes footage, released by Paramount Pictures and Skydance, Crusie also noted, "We’re gonna do spirals and we’re landing at an incredibly high speed, over 80 kilometers an hour." At one point, Cruise called off a scheduled speedflying moment because it was "too dangerous" and viewers saw him prepare once the weather was more suitable. "Flying really close to rocks looks quite beautiful," McQuarrie said. "Behind the scenes, we were all in absolute terror." "Mission: Impossible" first began as a TV series that followed a secret spy agency, Impossible Missions Force.The show ran for seven seasons in the '60s. "Mission Impossible" was turned into a film franchise in 1996 – starring Cruise. "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" is the seventh installment of the franchise will be in theaters July 12.

Cruise recently spoke in depth about how he trains for his films. "Look, as an actor and just in my life, I've always trained just to make movies," Cruise told.