Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible 8 director says intense action sequence almost gave fan a 'heart attack'
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Tom Cruise's death-defying stunts in his upcoming Mission: Impossible sequel were apparently too much for one unfortunate audience member. Christopher McQuarrie, who directed the forthcoming Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning and the previous three films in the series, recently revealed to Empire Magazine that an audience member confessed that the 62-year-old actor's stunts were so intense they feared they would have a medical emergency.
![[Christopher McQuarrie, who directed the forthcoming Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, revealed that an audience member confessed that the 62-year-old actor's stunts were so intense they feared they would have a 'heart attack'; seen in July 2023 in Toronto]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/02/94329639-14306663-Christopher_McQuarrie_who_directed_the_forthcoming_Mission_Impos-a-29_1737428276116.jpg)
'We had a small screening and someone said, "I was suffocating throughout the entire sequence. I almost had a heart attack,"' McQuarrie said, via GamesRadar. 'I thought, "I guess we did something right,"' the 56-year-old filmmaker boasted. Cruise — who might share the screen with a younger actor in future installments — famously does nearly all of his own stunts, and his Mission: Impossible films regularly feature his most impressive feats.
Despite previous installments featuring dangerous sky-diving stunts and a breathtaking motorcycle jump off the side of a mountain, McQuarrie reportedly bragged that the eighth and possibly final film in the franchise features 'the most difficult thing' he and Cruise have ever collaborated on.
![[Cruise famously does nearly all of his own stunts, and his Mission: Impossible films regularly feature his most impressive feats, including a scene in which he hangs onto multiple biplanes]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/02/94331071-14306663-Cruise_famously_does_nearly_all_of_his_own_stunts_and_his_Missio-a-24_1737428275808.jpg)
Tom Cruise's death-defying stunts in his upcoming Mission: Impossible sequel were apparently too much for one unfortunate audience member, according to Empire Magazine; seen in July 2023 in NYC. Christopher McQuarrie, who directed the forthcoming Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, revealed that an audience member confessed that the 62-year-old actor's stunts were so intense they feared they would have a 'heart attack'; seen in July 2023 in Toronto.
![[The film features returning stars Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, Pom Klementieff and Henry Czerny, all of whom are back from the previous film]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/02/94331067-14306663-The_film_features_returning_stars_Ving_Rhames_Simon_Pegg_Vanessa-a-27_1737428276072.jpg)
