Tom Cruise’s secret to preparing for stunts: A massive breakfast

• LOS ANGELES — Hollywood action legend Tom Cruise shared his secret to preparing for thrilling aerial stunts – a “massive breakfast.”
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• Los Angeles, May 2 (IANS) Hollywood action legend Tom Cruise shared his secret to preparing for thrilling aerial stunts – a “massive breakfast.”
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• The action legend hanged off a military plane in the opening scene of 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation', and has done numerous nail-biting aerial sequences in the film series where he plays Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt.
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• In an interview with People magazine's 'Mission: Impossible' issue, he said: "I actually eat a massive breakfast. The amount of energy it takes - I train so hard for that wing-walking.”

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• The star added: "I’ll eat, like, sausage and almost a dozen eggs and bacon and toast and coffee and fluids. Oh, I’m eating! Picture: It’s cold up there. We’re at high altitude. My body is burning a lot.”
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• Cruise tags the opening stunt to the 2015 flick as one of the least-safe stunts. In the eighth instalment of the critically acclaimed series, 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' - which is released in May, the 'Top Gun' icon experienced what it was like to spin inside a washing machine as the crew built a tank to shoot a submarine interior that tilted and spun 360 degrees.
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• The actor breathed in his own carbon dioxide but he did not need to worry as the pilot had trained for carbon dioxide build-up for when he earned his wings in 1994, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
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• The Oscar-nominated actor explained: “You’re not going to feel as connected with the character if I went with a regular mask and a thing in my mouth to breathe.
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• “Luckily when you’re flying jets you train for hypoxia and for carbon dioxide build-up. You start to be able to perceive your body and how it’s reacting so that I knew when to stop.”
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• Cruise, who was inspired to do stunts after seeing footage of wing-walkers as a child, has said he "loves" making the movies, even if it does mean dicing with death.
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• He said: “I love making movies. It’s not what I do. It’s who I am.”