According to reports, Tom Cruise became the victim of a robbery during the filming of the seventh “Mission Impossible” in the UK.
Allegedly, the 59-year-old actor’s BMW X7 was taken from the Grand Hotel in Birmingham, West Midlands, England on Tuesday, with thousands of dollars worth of luggage inside. Sun claim. The International Business Times was unable to independently verify the report.
West Midlands police stated that a BMW X7 was stolen on Church Street that day, but was later recovered in the nearby town of Smeswick. British Broadcasting Corporation Report.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing, and the authorities are reviewing the security video. As of this writing, no one has been arrested.
The scammer allegedly used a scanner to capture and clone the signal from the keyless ignition device of a luxury car, the Sun claimed. Allegedly, this trick allowed the robbers to steal the car within a few minutes because it tricked the car into thinking that the key was within range.
According to reports, Cruise’s elite team did not notice that the car had disappeared until Wednesday morning. The media quoted an unnamed source as saying that the incident “made the security team very embarrassed.”
As the car was equipped with an electronic tracking device, the police immediately chased the car back. However, according to the “Sun” report, all the items in the car, including his luggage, were reportedly gone.
When Cruise was in Birmingham, he was driven by a car. However, he has been commuting to and from get off work by helicopter from the stunning Kent mansion where he has been living. The report stated that the car has been on standby to pick him up.
According to reports, BMW provided Cruise with the same alternatives within hours of the theft. Paramount Pictures declined to comment on this incident.
A police spokesperson said in a statement: “We received a report that a BMW X7 was stolen on Church Street in Birmingham in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Soon after, the car was recovered in Smyswick. It was already there. The district conducted a closed-circuit television survey. “The car was found from there. The investigation is ongoing. “
At the same time, Cruise recently revealed that he performed the most dangerous stunt of his career during the filming of “Mission Impossible 7”. In a 10-minute video released at CinemaCon on Thursday, he can be seen jumping off a motorcycle in mid-air, free-falling for a few seconds, and then turning on a parachute to land in the canyon.
“This is definitely the most dangerous thing I have ever tried; we have been working hard for years,” he said in the behind-the-scenes footage, according to reports deadline“I wanted to do this since I was a kid.”
Cruise made 13,000 motorcycle jumps and received 500 hours of skydiving training to perfect the shooting.
In an interview, Cruise also shared his experience of shooting dangerous scenes empire“If the wind is too strong, it will blow me down the ramp,” he said. “Helicopter [filming the stunt] It’s a problem because I don’t want to knock down the slope as fast as possible and be hit by a rock. Or if I leave in a strange way, we don’t know what will happen to the bike. After leaving the ramp, I have about six seconds to pull the chute. I don’t want to be entangled by the bicycle. If I did this, it would not end well. “
Washington, DC-July 22: Simon Peggy and Tom Cruise participate in the “Mission: Impossible-Fallout” US Premiere at the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC on July 22, 2018 Mirror (Photo: James Dewani/Getty Images)
Photo: James Dewani/Getty Images
