James Corden completes Tom Cruise's skydiving challenge

by Worldwide Entertainment News Network

(WENN) – James Corden did an "amazing" parachute jump with Tom Cruise.

During an appearance at The Late Late Show with James Corden on Tuesday night (24Jul18), host James asked the actor some of the biggest stunts. new film Mission: Impossible – Fallout and joked that parachute footage was easy because it simply involved "falling".

Tom then challenged the 39-year-old to parachute with him. The British presenter accepted the challenge for a segment of the show that aired Thursday night. Before boarding a plane in Perris Valley, California, Tom joked that he was surprised that his friend had arrived.

"I am so impressed that James skydives, I half waited to send a text message to him and say he was canceling," he said. he said, before the camera cuts James, who expressed his disbelief and noted that his attempts to back down had failed. "In fact, I was trying to get my hands on Tom in recent days to cancel, but apparently, I had his number wrongly registered in my phone. So, I would also like to take the time to apologize to Tom Hiddleston for all the messages I sent him about my case of food poisoning. "

After being dressed in safety gear, having found some hand signals and some warm-ups, the duo flew to 15,000 feet in the air. While Tom, 56, seemed comfortable during the flight, James was very anxious and repeated several times the words "Oh my god" before jumping from the plane in tandem with an instructor named Danny [19659008]. Mission: Impossible star showed his skydiving skills on his solo run, with the two stars safely returning to the ground.

"It was amazing, it was amazing, it was amazing," James noted after retrieving, while Tom added, "You did it, James Corden – Stuntman. " (SMD / WNVCOR / DMC)