{"id":94256,"date":"2025-05-12T02:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T02:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/94256\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T02:44:13","slug":"tom-cruise-was-photographed-standing-on-the-roof-of-a-london-movie-theater-and-fans-have-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/94256\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise Was Photographed Standing on the Roof of a London Movie Theater, and Fans Have Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"caas-list caas-list-bullet\">\n<li>\n<p>Tom Cruise was spotted standing on the roof of the BFI IMAX building in London, wearing just a suit, on May 11<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The actor is currently promoting his latest movie Mission: Impossible \u2014 The Final Reckoning<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Fans commented about the stunt on social media, with one jokingly asking, &#8220;What is he doing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/tom-cruise\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tom Cruise;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tom Cruise<\/a> is set to receive an award in London for his work in film this weekend \u2014 and in true Mission: Impossible fashion, he celebrated the occasion with a stunt that left fans in awe.<\/p>\n<p>In video footage obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/1921658000302838048\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Discussing Film;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Discussing Film<\/a>, the 62-year-old actor could be seen standing on the roof of the BFI IMAX building in London \u2014 one of the largest cinemas in the United Kingdom \u2014 on Sunday, May 11. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/05\/tom-cruise-bfi-imax-roof-stunt-1236393033\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deadline<\/a> confirmed from sources close to the star that the man standing on the roof was indeed Cruise.<\/p>\n<p>The clip shows the actor wearing a suit as he looked around the city, seemingly dozens of feet up in the air. The theater was completely wrapped in advertisements for his upcoming \u2014 and possibly final installment of \u2014 the Mission: Impossible franchise: The Final Reckoning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Paramount Pictures\/ Youtube Tom Cruise in a 'Mission: Impossible \u2014 The Final Reckoning' scene\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/b01d6b762c6f988ae1712a642f55e95b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Paramount Pictures\/ Youtube<\/p>\n<p> Tom Cruise in a &#8216;Mission: Impossible \u2014 The Final Reckoning&#8217; scene<\/p>\n<p>Fans quickly flocked to social media to share their amazement (and confusion) at the jaw-dropping stunt, with one asking simply, &#8220;What is he doing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kendrickswillow\/status\/1921646160390893662\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:one video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">one video<\/a>, taken by an X user and posted online on Sunday evening, an onlooker could be heard joking: &#8220;He&#8217;s just having a bit of diva time on top of the BMI IMAX.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the movie theater&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/bfi-imax\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">website<\/a>, it boasts the largest screen in all of the U.K. at around 65 feet tall and 85 feet wide.<\/p>\n<p>Other fans who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YUB17Y\/status\/1921646570346360964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:snapped photos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">snapped photos<\/a> of the stunt had similar thoughts, with one writing: &#8220;Looked out the window on my uni study break \u2014 Why is Tom Cruise on top of the BFI?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Footage from the same user showed Cruise giving fans down on the ground below a &#8220;cheeky wave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Paramount Pictures and Skydance Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell in a 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' scene\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1907df60f46334920a28b38a1a6e50c9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Paramount Pictures and Skydance<\/p>\n<p> Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell in a &#8216;Mission: Impossible &#8211; The Final Reckoning&#8217; scene<\/p>\n<p>Cruise is currently in full swing promoting the new installment of Mission: Impossible, and plans to attend the Cannes Film Festival in France to debut the film next week.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with 1996\u2019s original adaptation of the 1960s spy series, Cruise has upped the ante in each successive appearance as Ethan Hunt, a high-flying, butt-kicking and fast-running agent for the Impossible Mission Force. He is now gearing up for his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/will-tom-cruise-end-mission-impossible-final-reckoning-8787816\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:eighth and seemingly last;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">eighth and seemingly last<\/a> installment,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-everything-to-know-8790349\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Final Reckoning;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Final Reckoning<\/a>, in theaters on May 23.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Cruise and his longtime Mission: Impossible costar Simon Pegg opened up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1547867957\/ref=sr_1_1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE\u2019s special edition;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE\u2019s special edition<\/a> about some of the most nerve-wracking stunts the star has ever attempted \u2014 some so intense that Pegg called him &#8220;absolutely nuts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Recalling a specific stunt \u2014 filming the sequence in 2011&#8217;s\u00a0Ghost Protocol,\u00a0in which Cruise scales the outside of Dubai\u2019s Burj Khalifa, the world\u2019s tallest building \u2014 Pegg, 55, recalled &#8220;just leaning out of the window and seeing Tom sort of hanging there, smiling, this big s&#8212; eating grin on his face, like, &#8216;I&#8217;m having the best time.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another stunt that was, as Pegg put it, more on the &#8220;interesting&#8221; side was the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=elpUGB9Ap1Y&amp;ab_channel=Movieclips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:opening scene;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">opening scene<\/a>\u00a0of 2015\u2019s\u00a0Rogue Nation, in which Cruise grips the outside of a military plane as it takes off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was the first time I&#8217;d seen him nervous,&#8221; Pegg told PEOPLE. \u201cThere were a lot of variables involved in that stunt &#8230; a lot of things that could have gone wrong. Everything is managed to the micro detail. You know, the stunt team is amazing. Tom is obviously incredibly dedicated to making sure he&#8217;s ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cruise, who exposed himself to potentially dangerous flying debris during that particular stunt,\u00a0told PEOPLE\u00a0that when the plane taxied down the runway, his thought was, \u201cOh, maybe this wasn\u2019t such a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, &#8216;But it&#8217;s too late. We&#8217;re committed. We&#8217;re shooting. The crew\u2019s in there,&#8217; &#8221; he recalled. &#8220;When we looked at the shot, I was like, &#8216;Oh, it really works in the story.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning\u00a0is in theaters May 23.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tom-cruise-photographed-standing-on-roof-london-movie-theater-and-fans-have-thoughts-11732753\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise was spotted standing on the roof of the BFI IMAX building in London, wearing just a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[44132,748,393,4884,257,42516,44341,44342,15763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-94256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-bfi-imax","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-mission-impossible","14":"tag-paramount-pictures","15":"tag-the-final-reckoning","16":"tag-tom-cruise","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114492569714515240","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}