{A photograph} exhibits actor Tom Cruise sitting on prime of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and not using a harness.
This can be a real {photograph} of Tom Cruise sitting on prime of the Burj Khalifa, however he’s nearly definitely sporting a harness.
A virtually unbelievable {photograph} of actor Tom Cruise sitting on prime of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest constructing at a peak of greater than a half mile, is often shared on-line together with the declare that the actor wasn’t sporting a harness through the stunt:
Whereas it is a real image of Cruise on the highest of the Burj Khalifa, and whereas there would not look like a harness seen on this shot, the actor is sort of definitely sporting some type of security tether.
This {photograph} was taken in 2011, through the filming of the fourth installment within the “Mission Unimaginable” collection. Cruise did quite a lot of stunts in that film that passed off inside (and outdoors) the constructing. This is a behind-the-scenes clip exhibiting a few of these stunts:
At one level throughout filming, Cruise and the stunt crew determined to take a helicopter to the highest of the constructing to get a couple of pictures. Cruise talked about this expertise throughout an look on “The Graham Norton Present.”
Whereas the image is actual, there’s loads of causes to doubt the declare that Cruise was and not using a harness throughout this stunt. For one, when Cruise filmed these stunts (as seen within the behind-the-scenes clip above) he’s sporting a harness. In actual fact, Tom Peitzman, the visible results producer for the film, said in 2011 that everybody concerned in filming these stunts (even those that have been inside whereas Cruise was hanging on the skin of the constructing) have been additionally sporting a harnesses.
“Particular mounts needed to be made for the 65-millmeter Imax cameras, particular security needed to be put in place, as a result of in a constructing that is 800 meteres tall [it’s 2,723 feet] you could not run the danger of something falling. Even all of us who’re working contained in the constructing, all of us needed to harness ourselves as a result of the window was open.”
With the entire security precautions that went into filming these stunts, it appears extremely inconceivable that Cruise can be allowed to sit down on the highest of this constructing and not using a harness.
It also needs to be famous that whereas there are footage of Cruise sitting on the Burj Khalifa and of the helicopter close to the Burj Khalifa, there aren’t any pictures of Cruise getting in or out of the helicopter. Whereas it appears doubtless Cruise merely hopped out of the helicopter for a fast pic, there was doubtless a bit of extra concerned (equivalent to hooking up some kind of safety cable.)
It is also value noting that helicopter shouldn’t be the one solution to entry the highest of this spire. This column is definitely hole and will be accessed by way of an inner ladder. That is how upkeep crews would entry this space. In 2013, photographer Joe McNally was allowed to entry this space to take some photographs.
It appears doubtless that somebody was ready for Cruise as he transitioned from the helicopter to the spire, after which helped him connect a security harness.
