The surprising reason Tom Cruise almost had to fake the HALO jump in 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'

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• The HALO jump in "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" almost had to be faked.
• The Royal Air Force would only allow Cruise to do the stunt from 12,000 feet, not 25,000 feet, which would be a true HALO jump.
• However, after Cruise broke his ankle while attempting a stunt for the movie, everything changed, according to Allan Hewitt, the "Fallout" skydiving coordinator.

The HALO jump in "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" took a year to execute, and required special equipment, building the world's largest wind tunnel for training, and over 106 jumps out of a plane to get it in the film.

However, all of that would have been wasted if Tom Cruise hadn't broken his ankle.

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