Tom Cruise is awarded Guinness World Record with fiery ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ stunt

CNN Tom Cruise is now a title-holder for a daring stunt he performed for the latest installment of the Mission Impossible franchise According to the Guinness Book of World Records Cruise now holds the title for the majority of burning parachute jumps by an individual with his jump count clocking in at times Tom doesn t just play action heroes he is an action hero Craig Glenday Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records disclosed in a comment Thursday A large part of his success can be chalked up to his absolute focus on authenticity and pushing the boundaries of what a leading man can do Glenday added that it s an honour to be able to recognize his utter fearlessness with this new Guinness World Records title Cruise conducted the fiery jumps as a stunt while filming for Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning the eighth film in the popular action franchise in which Cruise has starred since In a video posted posted to the official YouTube page for Paramount Pictures the studio behind the film Cruise is seen discussing logistics for the stunt with stunt coordinators saying I am going to be deploying If this is twisted while it s burning I am going to be spinning and burnt He later explained in the clip that he required to be real smart I m not saying be risky adding with a smirk We don t take risks obviously The clip shows Cruise sky-diving out of the helicopter with his burning parachute all times in rapid succession as the Mission Impossible theme song plays in the background This latest stunt is far from the first daring feat Cruise has performed In addition to his performance around the Olympic Games last summer the actor is known for conducting his own stunts in his movies