Tom Cruise has already released one of the biggest 2025 films with Mission: Impossible 8, but he may have also been considered for another big film.

Tom Cruise has once again raised the bar for action stunts, this time by setting a new Guinness World Record for the most burning parachute jumps by an individual. The Mission: Impossible star performed 16 such death-defying leaps during filming of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the eighth chapter in the high-octane franchise.

Tom Cruise’s quest to become America’s most death-defying stuntman continues to pay off.The Oscar-nominated actor has spent the last couple of decades primarily focused on his action-packed “Mission: Impossible” films — and just set a Guinness World Record for one of the most daring stunts in the series.