Tom Cruise Injury Shuts Down ‘Mission: Impossible 6’ for Up to 8 Weeks
Impossible 6 left its star, Tom Cruise, struggling to walk on an injured right leg
The star broke his ankle while performing the stunt on the London set of the film, the studio said in a statement adding that “the film remains on schedule to open July 27, 2018.”
The injury has forced producers to delay the production for an undetermined period, with the studio prepping multiple contingency plans depending on how quickly the star gets the go-ahead from his doctors to resume shooting, an individual with knowledge of the production said.
During the stunt, which was caught on a video released by TMZ, Cruise jumped from rigging set up on the top of one building onto the rooftop of another.
After pulling himself up, he tried to continue the take by running to his next mark, but he couldn’t put weight on his right leg and quickly fell to his knees.
The only other film on Cruise’s schedule is a sequel to his breakthrough hit “Top Gun” called Top Gun: