James Corden might think twice about teasing Tom Cruise in future. post factum, it probably was not the Brit’s smartest moment to tease Cruise’s stunts on The Late Late Show. After Corden criticises one of Tom Cruise’s stunts, Cruise challenged the chat show host to do a skydive.
Cruise appeared with Angela Bassett on CBS’ The Late Late Show earlier this week to promote their new movie, “Mission: Impossible – Fallout“. After showing a clip from his new movie, which, in the clip Cruise performed a HALO jump, and hurling himself out of an airplane at 25,000 feet and opening his parachute “very low”.
Cruise explained his commitment to performing his own stunts. “I can’t help it. I’m 100 percent when I do something,” he said. “I want to give the audience the very best, so that’s what I do.”
Cruise explained his commitment to performing his own stunts. “I can’t help it. I’m 100 percent when I do something,” he said. “I want to give the audience the very best, so that’s what I do.”
Corden was uninspired by that particular stunt. “It’s falling through the sky!” he said. “There are some amazing stunts…but I think we’re all getting carried away with Tom Cruise, the action hero.”
“It’s a little more than that,” Cruise answered. “It took 106 jumps to get it, but if you’re interested, I’m happy to take you—if you want to try it. If it’s so easy, you can come with me.”
It was a dare that Corden couldn’t be ignored, and he took on Cruise’s challenge to skydive out of an airplane over the Perris Valley in California and after a bit of training and with a camera team in tow, he took a bit of a nasty tumble upon landing.
Before jumping from the plane, he joked: “If we both die, I will get zero press.”
