'Mission Impossible' star shares shocking stunt story

Besides Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, who plays Grace, also does her stunts in Mission Impossible—The Final Reckoning.

But what is surprising about her stunt, which was a reshooting of a fight scene, is that it happened when she was eight months pregnant.

Appearing on The Tonight Show, the actress shared, “During this fight sequence, we came back to it a few times to add a few elements to it,” the 43-year-old said. “And in this clip, I’m actually eight and a half months pregnant.”

The Agent Carter star noted, “I’m serious. Yes. And I have to say, I was taken such good care of. Everyone was so supportive and they were like, ‘Oh, you can sit down, and we’ll have a stunt double do it.’”

“And I was like, ‘No! I’ve worked too hard. Let me do it.’ So I did it, and here it is," Hayley noted.

In an earlier interview, Tom shared his story of doing the stunt, which was the long underwater sequence.

“A lot of times I cannot see because of the reflection of the light,” the megastar said. “So, I would go in, kind of blind, spend a lot of time on the set figuring out [the movement] as we’re figuring out the shots."

He continued, "Then, when I’m doing it, I have a hard time. Plus the suit, when it’s wet, increases in weight by about 125 pounds."

"So, the kind of workouts and things that I have to do just to prepare for these things, it’s years of development. And yeah, and I’m producing it, so it’s also that kind of thing," Tom concluded.