Water stunt

One of the most dangerous stunts in the entire series is when Ethan Hunt barely escapes from a restaurant’s fish tank tsunami.

There was a real chance that Cruise could get seriously injured or even drown after the glass wall was detonated and 16 tons of water suddenly came gushing towards him.

Brian De Palma wanted to used a trained professional for the stunt and simply edit the actor’s face onto their body.

However, after finding that the effect wouldn’t look convincing, the director relented and told Tom that he would have to perform the risky scene himself.

This then set the precedent of the actor doing all of his own stunts in the following films.