Tom Cruise has apparently been practising flying a World War II military plane in preparation for the dogfight scenes in 'Mission: Impossible 8'.
According to femalefirst.co.uk, the 59-year-old actor, who is famed for conducting his own stunts in his action films, has been observed flying a 1943 Boeing Stearman Model 75 at the Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire, UK.
The plane, which has two filming rigs on its wings, will be filmed chasing down another warplane.
Despite the fact that filming on the upcoming 'Mission: Impossible 7' just completed, the star has already began work as agent Ethan Hunt for 'Mission: Impossible 8,' which isn't due out until 2023.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “Tom had started to learn to fly a Boeing Stearman biplane earlier this year for a major stunt scene in ‘Mission: Impossible 8’. It’s obviously a highly skilled task but as usual he has no plans to cut any corners or bring in a stuntman."
The source added: “Filming has only just wrapped on ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ but Tom has not given himself a break. And trying to film jaw-dropping scenes with an 80-year-old plane is particularly dangerous."
Cruise is also set to fly planes in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and previously promised fans that there has “never been" an aerial scene quite like the one that will be featured in the movie, which is a sequel to the 1986 hit ‘Top Gun’.
‘Mission: Impossible’ is an American action spy film series based on and a sequel to Bruce Geller's television series of the same name. Tom Cruise, who plays Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force, is the principal producer and star of the series (IMF). Various directors and crew have directed, written, and scored the films, which incorporate musical themes from Lalo Schifrin's original series.
