Tom Cruise Banned A Mission: Impossible Stunt For Henry Cavill

Story by staff@slashfilm.com (Jeremy Smith)

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Hollywood's favorite daredevil, Tom Cruise, puts the brakes on Henry Cavill's death-defying Mission: Impossible stunts.

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Cruise refused to let Cavill match his famous stunt work, fearing he'd outshine the franchise's leading man.
Cavill was eager to prove his action chops, but Cruise's ego couldn't handle the potential for a new action superstar to emerge.

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Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout