Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol crew returned to Dubai to present the world premiere of Ghost Protocol at the Dubai International Film Festival. The Burj Khalifa features prominently in one of the big set pieces where Cruise scales the outside of the worlds tallest building. Speaking at a press conference, Tom Cruise spoke about his biggest fear, which was falling. Besides the fear of falling, temperatures were closely monitored so nobody would get burned and cross winds were heavily monitored.
Cruise spent a number of months training on a four story structure before attempting the Burj Khalifa, "I had to figure out, actually, how to fly, I had to figure out how to use my feet as a rudder ... The first couple of times I was slamming into the building."
Below follows a selection of pics from the DIFF and the press conference in the Burj Khalifa. Ghost Protocol opens in Ireland & The UK on Dec 26th, with our friends in the States having the jump a few days earlier, from Dec 16th (in IMAX).
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