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Sean Penn Calls Tom Cruise “Probably The Best Stuntman In The Movie World”


"Tom Cruise…he is a guy who pursues excellence on a very high level," says Penn.

Penn quickly addressed the apples-to-oranges questions some might raise about the differences between the kind of indie films he makes and the blockbusters that Cruise does. The podcast conversation comes as Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning director Christopher McQuarrie described a wild new stunt Cruise does in the film. Suffice to say, the actor eventually managed recover and land the plane safely with maybe two minutes of fuel left to spare.

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