Tom Cruise learned to hold his breath for six minutes for the sake of filming

Actor Tom Cruise learned to hold his breath for six minutes in order to shoot one of the scenes in the fifth series of the missionary Impossible spy fighter. In order to achieve this result, he trained directly on the set for several weeks under the supervision of a professional diver. The premiere is scheduled for July 31 2015.

The new film contains scenes in which the actor has to be under water for a long time. Cruz chose to participate in them himself, without resorting to the help of stunt divers.

He noted that he had always dreamed of doing something like that. “I used to shoot under water. But in this case, we wanted to create a stressful underwater episode without interruptions and installation. Thus, this scene really turned out to be interesting, ”the actor said.

Cruise and other tricks, as a rule, seeks to perform independently, especially during filming in the series "Mission Impossible". For example, in the same fifth film, he flew overboard a military transport aircraft at an altitude of 1700 meters above the ground. He was held only by two belts attached to the waist.

The four previous pictures of the “Mission Impossible” cycle have collected over 2 billions of dollars in world hire.