Tom Cruise ‘out of action for months’ after breaking ankle in Mission: Impossible stunt

The A-lister broke two bones in his ankle during a rooftop jump in London 
Out of action: Tom Cruise may need months to recover from his ankle injury
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Jennifer Ruby15 August 2017
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Tom Cruise is expected to be out of action for months after breaking two bones during a stunt on the set of Mission: Impossible 6.

Production on the new film could be halted for up to four months as the A-lister recovers from his severe ankle injury, sustained in London earlier this week.

The 55-year-old has jetted back to the US to receive treatment after his ankle smashed into the side of a building during a daring rooftop leap.

“The injury is worse than was at first feared. Tom did serious damage and will need months to recover,” a source told the Sun.

Cruise is well-known for performing the majority of his own stunts, and likes to push himself to physical extremes.

According to insiders, the painful accident hasn’t put him off as he “refuses to quit” doing his own stunts.

“Tom is a little beat up, but he is showing a brave face and not showing lingering effects from his stunt mishap,” a source told HollywoodLife.

“And this in no way is going to stop him from doing more stunts of his own in the future. He prides himself that he still can do it and refuses to quit doing his own stunts.

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“It was just a bad day at work and he looks forward to moving forward — incident-free — from this point on.”

He was previously seen filming dangerous scenes for the movie in Paris, where he rode a motorbike into a car before flying through the air.

He was also photographed parachuting in Oxfordshire while filming at the beginning of this month.

The film's executive producer David Ellison previously said Cruise had been training for a year for the movie and was preparing to pull off his most "mind-blowing" stunt to date.

He said: "It is going to be, I believe, the most impressive and unbelievable thing that Tom Cruise has done in a movie, and he has been working on it since right after Rogue Nation came out. It’s going to be mind-blowing.”

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