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Cruise, Watch Out! Sweeney Pulls Off Daring Plane Stunt
On Monday, Sydney Sweeney shared an Instagram video of herself performing a wing-walking stunt on an in-flight biplane, jokingly captioning the clip, "Watch out Tom Cruise."
Her stunt appeared to reference one of Cruise's most daring sequences in 2025's The Final Reckoning, where he performed similar high-altitude wing-walking.
Cruise famously performed his stunt on an 80-year-old Stearman biplane at 8,000 feet traveling around 140 mph, while Sweeney wore a safety vest and protective goggles.
The Top Gun Instagram account responded to the footage with the franchise's famous line, "Feel the need for speed," though Cruise himself has remained quiet.
Longtime Mission Impossible writer-director Christopher McQuarrie detailed the extreme danger of the original sequence, noting that Cruise faced potential hypothermia while filming in South Africa.