At the beginning of his career, he had nothing but his talents to make a name for himself in the Hollywood industry. But with enough tenacity and force of will, Tom Cruise persevered through till he got his big break, and he hasn’t looked back since. Now, he sits at the top of the Hollywood hierarchy as one of the biggest action stars of all time.
And there isn’t just any action that will suffice his thirst for a thrill as he always finds something new and more dangerous to test himself against. But in turn, this means that he has his co-stars also risking their lives in these stunts. Therefore, there were a few times when he found himself rescuing his co-stars from the grasp of death on the sets of his films.
Tom Cruise Saved Annabelle Wallis From Certain Death In The Mummy
Known for constantly one-upping his action and stunt sequences in almost all of his films, especially in the superhit Mission: Impossible franchise, Tom Cruise is called a daredevil in the Hollywood industry, which is all the more apt considering he uses no stunt doubles and puts his own life at risk to execute these spine-chilling stunts. But more often than never, he also has co-stars who are involved with him in these sequences. And sometimes, things can go horribly wrong.
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While shooting on the sets of 2017’s The Mummy, the Top Gun: Maverick star was about to film the famous zero gravity fall scene where they are inside a cargo plane that is falling towards Earth. During this scene, the actors found themselves suspended in mid-air to make this scene as natural as possible. But at this moment, Cruise’s co-star Annabelle Wallis found the safety harness stuck around her neck, and as soon as they will find gravity again, it will tighten around her neck and choke her instantly. Thankfully, her co-star saw this and came to her rescue. She said:
“I was like, ‘Oh my God! I’m stuck and the gravity is going to return and it’s going to choke me,’ The plane was coming out of weightlessness about to hit gravity and I heard the countdown ‘5, 4, 3 …’ At three I said, ‘I’m stuck!’ and Tom was like, ‘Annabelle, don’t worry I got you,’ and he ran and freed me and we returned to earth and he’d saved my life. So I feel very indebted to him. It was literally around my neck choking me, then with two or three seconds left, there he was — the hero.”
What Was The Mummy About?
Set up as the reboot of the highly successful The Mummy franchise from the 1990s, this film followed the tale of Princess Ahmanet who was captured and mummified when she wanted to bring the Egyptian God of Chaos Set into this world. But when the tomb is rediscovered, the curse and power that were sealed away were set free. Now, Seargent Nick has to fight for his life and the safety of the world as he was the one who set the cursed princess free.
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The Mummy, streaming on Prime Video.
Source: People
