The joints in Tom Cruise's fingers "separated" due to the forces involved in his death-defying biplane stunt in Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning. The latest instalment in the action blockbuster franchise concludes with Cruise's agent Ethan Hunt engaging in a biplane chase with the evil Gabriel,

Tom Cruise recently opened up about the intense stunt demands of filming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. In newly released bonus content, he discussed the climactic biplane sequence and how it pushed him to his physical limits.

“Oh God, that was brutal,” Cruise remembered as the director noted: “This separated the joints in Tom’s fingers from the force, so by the time we finished this sequence, your hands were absolutely swollen — oh my God, it was so painful to watch.”

See Tom Cruise's daredevil side take over in an exclusive aerial deleted scene from "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning."