Tom Cruise does stunts.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afS5ks54tms[/youtube]
h/t Paramount
Cruise admitted he was "scared sh*tless" to strap himself to the side of that airbus. Fearful or not, the 53-year-old actor proceeded to cling onto that thing for eight different takes until director Christopher McQuarrie got what he needed.