
Per a report on August 12, 2020 in The Sun, a stunt involving a motorcycle went south very quickly in the United Kingdom for Tom Cruise's seventh Mission: Impossible film. The full action sequence in its entirety allegedly took six weeks of preparation. According to a source, the stunt had already "been a massive challenge to stage and has cost a fortune, not to mention weeks and weeks of construction. But when it came to the big day, it went horribly wrong."
So, what happened with the stunt? The stunt performer on the motorcycle was meant to land on large pillows filled with cardboard in order to soften their landing. Allegedly, there was a miscalculation.
Says the source, "The heat and the friction of the tires meant that when the bike crashed, the cardboard padding sparked and went up in flames." Smoke from the fire was supposedly so intense that a nearby Royal Air Force airfield had to be closed down until the smoke cleared.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbi...cle-explosion/
https://www.looper.com/236886/missio...nt-gone-wrong/
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