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Mar 2024
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Secrets From Tom Cruise’s Death-Defying ...

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About this episode

This episode should be titled “Mission Insanity” because it’s all about exploring how Tom Cruise performs his own death-defying stunts…and why!

Jason and Peter were determined to find out the real reason Tom “risks it all” in every film. How he trains for a stunt that’s never been done before? How he’s able to get insurance? And whether he’s going to continue to try and outdo himself with each new film now that he’s in his 60’s!

And they succeeded in finding the person with the answers… Wade Eastwood. He’s best known as the Action Director and Stunt Coordinator for the Mission: Impossible franchise. He’s also a fixed wing & helicopter pilot, sky diver, rescue scuba diver, accomplished black belt martial artist, boxer, fencer, yacht skipper, highly graded horse rider who has advanced weapons skills… plus he races cars internationally, with a string of wins! And - he knows the secret to how Tom Cruise creates and executes jaw dropping, mind-blowing stunts.

IN THIS EPISODE:

  • The film star considered the original Tom Cruise.
  • Train for deadly stunts that’ve never been done before.
  • Has Tom Cruise ever said no to a stunt because it’s too dangerous?
  • There’s much more to fight scenes than you know.
  • Fatalities still happen. How do stunts go wrong?
  • Wade comments on the tragedy on the Rust set.
  • Is Tom Cruise actually going to space?
  • Jason shares his death-defying stunts!
  • Seinfeld’s stunt that went very, very wrong for Jason.
  • Googleheim: The first stunt woman!

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