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No one loves a stunt more than Tom Cruise. Other actors might throw themselves around, take a bruise here and there, sure, but Cruise has made an art form ...

Almost all the combat shots filmed in the clouds were unusable the first time around. The move is an upgrade from the first film, which Cruise has said didn't quite prepare the cast for what they needed to really sell those in-the-sky scenes. With shoots happening inside real Boeing F/A-18 Superhornet fighter jets, that required a bit of professional training, but according to director Joe Kosinski, Cruise thought that some intensive training might help bond the cast as well.

Tom Cruise has earned a reputation for doing his own death-defying stunts, but will he actually be piloting military aircraft for Top Gun: Maverick?

In fact, Cruise only agreed to return for Top Gun: Maverick on the condition that its stunts be done for real, and that he was allowed to indulge his own need for speed. However, for Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise's stunts will be his own, and the film uses no green screens, meaning that all of its aerial stunts will be completed. Tom Cruise is famous for his insistence on doing his own stunts, and Top Gun: Maverick is no exception.

Cruise, who has been in SA for over a month to shoot part eight of the Mission: Impossible movie series, has landed in KZN.

He was due to spend the day scouting out locations in the Drakensberg region to shoot scenes for the movie. Northern Natal News reported Cruise landed at the Ladysmith Airfield on Monday morning to film a portion of the film. US actor and producer Tom Cruise, who has been in South Africa for over a month to shoot part eight of the Mission: Impossible movie series, has landed in KwaZulu-Natal.

A fresh trailer for Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick is out. The film will bring him back as the fighter pilot in the highly anticipated sequel. | Hollywood.

The trailer is loaded with scenes of thrill, drama, suspense and action. Who the hell they're gonna get to teach us?" (Also read: Tom Cruise's new pic goes viral, fans defend him against body-shamers: 'Let the dude have a few carbs')

After calling out crew members for violating COVID safety protocols, Cruise became a hero to others who 'tried to persuade people flouting coronavirus ...

And for the whole crew to know that we’d started rolling on a movie was just a huge relief. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cruise was the center of the June 2021 outbreak. Of course, the fact that the production was shut down again the following month raises questions about the reportedly unvaccinated megastar saying he was strongly motivated to prevent any further delays in shooting. “It’s easy to see why Cruise would be riled up,” the Atlantic said. Cruise was heard fuming: “I’m on the phone with every (expletive) studio at night, insurance companies, producers, and they’re looking at us and using us to make their movies. With this track record of shutdowns and delays, many say it’s understandable that Cruise would be extremely concerned about keeping the sets free of more outbreaks. “MI: 7” began filming in northern Italy in February 2020, but COVID cases soon hit the region hard in the early days of the pandemic. Tom Cruise’s spending and rewrites are driven by his own perfectionism: “He is incredibly detailed and willing to put in an enormous amount of time and effort,” one source says. Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” the sequel to his 1986 blockbuster, arrives in theaters May 27. Neither Cruise nor McQuarrie were believed to be vaccinated at the time, Masters wrote, even though vaccines started to become widely available in the U.S. and U.K. in early 2021. Sources familiar with the organization’s policy told Masters that the decision about getting vaccinated is left up to members. That means he remained unvaccinated after an audio recording of his infamous dressing down of crew members was leaked to the media in December 2020.

The international actor will be in KwaZulu-Natal for a little while shooting a movie. Have a look at his helicopters landing on our very own Ladysmith soil ...

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