The sixth installment of spy movie franchise ?Mission: Impossible?, which sees actor Tom Cruise leap from a military plane 25,000 feet above Paris, premiered on Thursday in the French capital.
?Mission: Impossible ? Fallout? tells the story of a mission gone wrong. Agent Ethan Hunt, played by Cruise, is hunted by assassins and former allies as he races against time to prevent a terrorist organization from provoking a global catastrophe.
Cruise, who is known for doing his own stunts, also races a motorbike helmet-less through oncoming traffic round Paris? Arc de Triomphe and pilots a helicopter though mountain ravines in Kashmir.
Hundreds of fans queued for hours to see the actor arrive at a movie theater close to the Eiffel Tower.
?I have been attending Cruise?s premieres for the past six years and it still has the same effect; I am just as happy,? fan Julia Margot told Reuters.
Cruise told reporters that filming in the city had often been difficult.
?It is always a challenge but I am never afraid,? he said. ?I chose to shoot in Paris because it is so beautiful, it is a city of cinema.?
