Tom Cruise continues to defy death — and all expectations — with his daredevil stunts. During a Masterclass event at Cannes on Wednesday, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie was joined in conversation by Cruise,

Cannes: Cruise joined his director on 11 films, Christopher McQuarrie, for a deep-dive conversation at Cannes.

The Final Reckoning, their ambitious finale to Tom Cruise’s nearly 30-year-old Mission: Impossible franchise, Christopher McQuarrie and his leading man would often turn to one another and say the same thing.