Tom Cruise Films Death-Defying Stunt for 'Mission: Impossible 5'
See images of the actor hanging off a plane.
— -- Tom Cruise has always been one to do his own stunts.
His latest work on "Mission: Impossible 5" shows that nothing has changed.
The 52-year-old actor was filmed hanging outside of plane, flying high above the U.K. over the weekend (below).
It's just the latest high-flying stunt for the actor, who in 2011, dangled from the world's tallest building, the 123-story Burj Khalifa in Dubai, for "Mission Impossible: The Ghost Protocol."
![PHOTO: Actor Tom Cruise hung onto the tail of the Airbus A400 M as it flew above the British countryside at 5,000 feet as part of a dangerous and ambitious stunt as he films 'Mission Impossible 5'.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/ffn_tom_cruise_2_kb_141103.jpg)
"One night, after one of the earliest shooting days, I bolted up in bed realizing that we had our star dangling about a mile up in the air on a thin wire and my brain was screaming, ‘What the hell are we doing,’” director Brad Bird told The New York Daily News. “The whole thing was one, extended, hair-raising moment but we planned well.
![PHOTO: Actor Tom Cruise hung onto the tail of the Airbus A400 M as it flew above the British countryside at 5,000 feet as part of a dangerous and ambitious stunt as he films 'Mission Impossible 5'.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/ffn_tom_cruise_3_kb_141103.jpg)
The newspaper also reported that journalists asked the actor what was going through his mind when they shot the daring scene. His answer was simple.
"I hope I don’t fall,” he said.
![PHOTO: Actor Tom Cruise hung onto the tail of the Airbus A400 M as it flew above the British countryside at 5,000 feet as part of a dangerous and ambitious stunt as he films 'Mission Impossible 5'.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/ffn_tom_cruise_4_kb_141103.jpg)
A rep for the actor has not responded to a request for comment.