Tom Cruise Biplane Stunt ‘Separated the Joints’ in His Fingers

Tom Cruise biplane stunt ‘separated the joints’ in his fingers

Action legend is famous for performing his own grueling stunts

Tom Cruise Split His Finger in Mission Impossible 8, but It’s Not Close to His Worst Injury

While filming Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise split his finger joints during a brutal plane fight sequence. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, director Christopher McQuarrie described his hands as “absolutely swollen” and “painful to watch.”  And though that might sound agonizing, it’s far from his worst injuries because Cruise has also broken his ankle while leaping across rooftops in Mission: Impossible — Fallout.…