📚 Tom Cruise - Tonight Show

🟢 Beginner

Welcome back. It's great to be back.

🔤 WELcome BACK. / its GREAT tuh be BACK.

🟢 Beginner

Thank you, buddy. Wasn't that great?

🔤 THANK you, BUDdy. / WUZn't that GREAT?

🟢 Beginner

That surprise? That was awesome.

🔤 that SUR-prize? / that wuz AW-sum.

🟢 Beginner

That's so cool. That was really -- It was special.

🔤 that's so COOL. / that wuz REAlly -- / it wuz SPEshuhl.

🟡 Intermediate

I've seen stuff like that on television before,

🔤 i've SEEN stuff / like THAT / on TELuh-VIzhuhn bih-FOR,

🟡 Intermediate

and to be part of it was really special.

🔤 and tuh be PART uv it / wuz REAlly SPEshuhl.

🟡 Intermediate

It's cool. Right? Yeah. It's beyond cool.

🔤 it's COOL. / RIGHT? / YEah. / it's bih-YOND COOL.

🟢 Beginner

Yeah. Thank you for being back here.

🔤 YEah. / THANK you / for BEing BACK here.

🟢 Beginner

It was so beautiful.

🔤 it wuz so byoo-TIful.

🟢 Beginner

Thank you for having me.

🔤 THANK you for HAVing ME.

🟡 Intermediate

I went to see "Mission: Impossible -- Final Reckoning" on the big screen,

🔤 i WENT tuh SEE / "MIsshuhn: im-POsuh-buhl -- FY-nuhl RECkuhn-ing" / on the BIG SCREEN,

🟡 Intermediate

and it was unbelievable.

🔤 and it wuz un-buh-LEEvuh-buhl.

🟡 Intermediate

I want to dive into all of this with you.

🔤 ai WANT tuh dive IN tuh / ALL of this / with YOU.

🟡 Intermediate

It was like seeing, like, five giant great movies in one movie.

🔤 it wuz LIKE SEE-ing, / LIKE, / FIVE GI-ant GREAT MOO-viz / in ONE MOO-viz.

🟡 Intermediate

I don't know how you do all this stuff.

🔤 ai DON'T know / how YOU do / ALL this STUFF.

🟡 Intermediate

It's insane.

🔤 it's in-SANE.

🟡 Intermediate

But you do it, and you love it.

🔤 but YOU do it, / and YOU love it.

🟡 Intermediate

And I want to get into all the stuff.

🔤 and ai WANT tuh get IN tuh / ALL the STUFF.

🟡 Intermediate

But first, last week we had The Weeknd on our show,

🔤 but FIRST, / LAST week / we had The WEEKND / on our SHOW,

🟢 Beginner

and he was --

🔤 and he WUZ --

🟢 Beginner

He was talking about --

🔤 he WUZ TALK-ing uh-BOUT --

🟡 Intermediate

You've been a great guest on our show many times

🔤 you've BEEN uh GREAT GUEST / on our SHOW / MAN-y TIMES

🟡 Intermediate

and you always do bits with us.

🔤 and you AL-ways / do BITS with us.

🟢 Beginner

You did a lip-sync battle where you did "Can't Feel My Face."

🔤 you did uh LIP-sync BAT-ul / where you did / "CAN'T FEEL my FACE."

🟢 Beginner

Yeah, I love doing that. Great song.

🔤 YEah, / i LOVE doing that. / GREAT song.

🟡 Intermediate

And he said that it made the song go to number one,

🔤 and he SAID / that it MADE the song / go to NUMber one,

🟡 Intermediate

and he wanted to thank you and we didn't --

🔤 and he WANted to THANK you / and we DIdn't --

🟡 Intermediate

He brought it up.

🔤 he BROUGHT it UP.

🟡 Intermediate

He started talking about you on the show. Look at this.

🔤 he STARted TALking aBOUT you / on the SHOW. / LOOK at this.

🟡 Intermediate

Did you end up seeing that? No.

🔤 did you END up SEEing that? / NO.

🟢 Beginner

Oh, I saw it. I definitely saw that.

🔤 oh, i SAW it. / i DEfinitely saw THAT.

🟢 Beginner

It actually helped the song.

🔤 it ACTually HELPed the SONG.

🟢 Beginner

It did? Yeah.

🔤 it DID? / YEAH.

🟡 Intermediate

It helped it peak to, like, the record-breaking top.

🔤 it HELPed it PEAK to, / like, / the REcord-BREAking TOP.

🟡 Intermediate

I mean, thanks to him, obviously.

🔤 i MEAN, / thanks to HIM, / OBviously.

🟢 Beginner

Thanks to Tom Cruise.

🔤 thanks to TOM CRUISE.

🟢 Beginner

The biggest movie star in the world.

🔤 thuh BIG-ist MOO-vee STAR / in thuh WORLD

🟢 Beginner

Have you ever met Tom Cruise?

🔤 hav yoo EV-er MET tom KROOS

🟢 Beginner

I've never met him. No.

🔤 aiv NEV-er MET him / NO

🟡 Intermediate

I'm a huge Tom Cruise guy, though.

🔤 aym uh HYOOJ tom KROOS GUY / tho

🟢 Beginner

Yeah, he's a huge Tom -- That is so nice, man.

🔤 YEH / heez uh HYOOJ tom -- / that iz so NYCE man

🟢 Beginner

What a nice guy.

🔤 what uh NYCE GUY

🟢 Beginner

And then -- So talented.

🔤 and THEN -- / so TAL-un-tid

🟢 Beginner

No, he's so talented. Actor, musician.

🔤 NO / heez so TAL-un-tid / AK-ter myoo-ZISH-un

🟢 Beginner

Like, guy's so talented.

🔤 LIKE / guyz so TAL-un-tid

🟡 Intermediate

But then you saw that and invited him to your premiere of "Mission: Impossible" last night.

🔤 but THEN yuh SAW that / and in-VY-tid him / tuh yer pruh-MEER ov "MISH-un im-POS-uh-bul" / last NYTE

🟡 Intermediate

And of course, he went. So you met The Weeknd.

🔤 and ov KORS / hee WENT / so yuh MET thuh WEE-kend

🟢 Beginner

I know.

🔤 eye NO

🟢 Beginner

That was cool. That was very cool.

🔤 THAT was COOL. / THAT was VER-ee COOL.

🟢 Beginner

Come on. That was very cool.

🔤 COME on. / THAT was VER-ee COOL.

🟢 Beginner

Very nice man. Very, very nice man.

🔤 VER-ee NICE man. / VER-ee, VER-ee NICE man.

🟡 Intermediate

I love that you called him out.

🔤 ai LUV that / yuh CALLED him OUT.

🟢 Beginner

That's so good. Absolutely.

🔤 THAT'S so GOOD. / AB-suh-LOOT-lee.

🟡 Intermediate

But this is -- You've been doing Ethan Hunt now for three decades.

🔤 But THIS is -- / You've BEEN DOO-ing / ETH-un HUNT / NOW fer THREE duh-KADES.

🟢 Beginner

Can you believe that?

🔤 Can yuh buh-LEEV that?

🔴 Advanced

And you raise the bar with every single "Mission: Impossible,"

🔤 And yuh RAISE the BAR / with EV-ree SIN-gul "MIH-shun: im-POS-uh-bul,"

🟡 Intermediate

and you go crazier and crazier.

🔤 and yuh go CRA-zee-er / and CRA-zee-er.

🟡 Intermediate

In "Mission: Impossible 2," this is you hanging from a cliff.

🔤 In "MIH-shun: im-POS-uh-bul TOO," / THIS is YOU / HANG-ing from uh CLIFF.

🟡 Intermediate

Yeah, that was fun. No. That's frightening.

🔤 YEAH, / that was FUN. / NO. / THAT'S FRIGHT-ning.

🟡 Intermediate

That is not fun at all. That was fun.

🔤 THAT is NOT fun at ALL. / THAT was FUN.

🟡 Intermediate

Then you -- That hurt the shoulders.

🔤 then YOO -- / that HURT thuh SHOUL-ders.

🟡 Intermediate

Yeah. Then you climbed the tallest building in the world.

🔤 YEAH. / then YOO CLIMBED / thuh TALL-est BUILD-ing / in thuh WORLD.

🟡 Intermediate

Like, that's nothing. That was fun.

🔤 like, / THAT'S NUTH-ing. / that was FUN.

🟡 Intermediate

In "Rogue Nation," you gripped the side of a plane

🔤 in "ROGUE NA-shun," / yoo GRIPPED thuh SIDE uv uh PLANE

🟡 Intermediate

while it was in flight and taking off.

🔤 while it wuz in FLIGHT / and TAY-king OFF.

🟢 Beginner

That was crazy. That was actually crazy.

🔤 that wuz CRAZY. / that wuz AK-choo-uh-lee CRAZY.

🟢 Beginner

Yeah, that was crazy. "Dead Reckoning."

🔤 YEAH, / that wuz CRAZY. / "DEAD RECK-un-ing."

🟡 Intermediate

"Dead Reckoning," you drove a motorcycle off a cliff,

🔤 "DEAD RECK-un-ing," / yoo DROVE uh MOH-tur-SIKE-ul / awf uh CLIFF,

🔴 Advanced

giving us one of the most iconic movie scenes ever.

🔤 GI-ving us ONE uv thuh MOHS eye-KAH-nik / MOO-vee SEENS EV-ur.

🟡 Intermediate

Yeah, I wanted to do that.

🔤 YEAH, / ai WAN-tid tuh DOO that.

🟢 Beginner

That was a lot of fun. That was fun.

🔤 that wuz uh LAWT uv FUN. / that wuz FUN.

🟡 Intermediate

That was weird. That was wild.

🔤 that wuz WEIRD. / that wuz WILD.

🟡 Intermediate

And somehow you managed to get even bigger

🔤 and SUMhow / yoo MANijed tuh get EEven BIGger

🟢 Beginner

with the "Final Reckoning."

🔤 with thuh "FYnul REKning."

🟡 Intermediate

I can't even talk about this,

🔤 ai CAN'T EEven TALK uh BOUT this,

🟡 Intermediate

but when you see it, everybody, you're going to freak out.

🔤 but when yuh SEE it, / EVerybody, / yer GONNA FREAK out.

🟢 Beginner

Tom, that's you. That's you, bud.

🔤 Tom, / that's YOO. / that's YOO, bud.

🟢 Beginner

I mean -- The little guy. Yeah, that little guy there.

🔤 ai MEEN -- / thuh LIdul GY. / YEH, / that LIdul GY there.

🟢 Beginner

Yeah.

🔤 YEH.

🟡 Intermediate

Now, that -- You all haven't even seen the s--

🔤 NOW, / that -- / yoo ALL haven't EEven SEEN thuh s--

🟡 Intermediate

Like, we're not showing anyone the secrets.

🔤 LIKE, / weer NOT SHOing ANYwun / thuh SEEkrits.

🟡 Intermediate

You got to go see the movie.

🔤 yuh GOT tuh go SEE thuh MOOvee.

🟡 Intermediate

You see little snippets of it.

🔤 yuh SEE / LIdul SNIPits / uv it.

🔴 Advanced

I can't even understand. But do you manifest it?

🔤 ai CAN'T EEven unDERstand. / but DOO yuh MANifest it?

🟡 Intermediate

Like, do you see an idea in your head

🔤 LIKE, / d'you SEE an I-DEA / in your HEAD

🟡 Intermediate

and go, "Oh, I think that would be a great stunt.

🔤 and GO, / "OH, / I think that would BE / a GREAT STUNT.

🔴 Advanced

I want to do that" and you see yourself doing it?

🔤 I WANT tuh do THAT" / and you SEE yourself / DOing it?

🟢 Beginner

Yeah, I do.

🔤 YEAH, / I DO.

🟡 Intermediate

I remember seeing, like, black and white footage

🔤 I reMEMber SEEing, / LIKE, / BLACK and WHITE FOOTage

🟡 Intermediate

of the very early days of wing walking,

🔤 of the VERy EARly DAYS / of WING WALKing,

🟡 Intermediate

and I just thought, "Wow, I'd love to do that."

🔤 and I just THOUGHT, / "WOW, / I'd LOVE tuh do THAT."

🟡 Intermediate

I was a little kid, and then we just,

🔤 I WAS uh LITtle KID, / and then we JUST,

🟡 Intermediate

you know, you see how we kind of work

🔤 you KNOW, / you SEE how / we KIND of WORK

🟡 Intermediate

on different aerial sequences from "Top Gun" and then,

🔤 on DIFferent AERial SEquences / from "TOP GUN" / and THEN,

🟡 Intermediate

you know, I fly jets and airplanes

🔤 you KNOW, / I FLY JETS and AIRplanes

🟡 Intermediate

and helicopters, aerobatics.

🔤 and HELicopters, / AERobatics.

🟡 Intermediate

And then McQ and I were just talking.

🔤 and THEN McQ and I / were just TALKing.

🟡 Intermediate

We just discussed we'd like to do an aerial sequence.

🔤 we JUST disCUSSED / we'd LIKE to DO / an AIRial SEquence.

🟢 Beginner

McQ -- This is Christopher McQuarrie.

🔤 McQ -- / this is CHRIStopher McQUARrie.

🟢 Beginner

Yeah, Christopher McQuarrie, and we were talking about it.

🔤 YEAH, / CHRIStopher McQUARrie, / and we were TALKing aBOUT it.

🟡 Intermediate

It's like, "let's go do an aerial sequence"

🔤 it's LIKE, / "let's GO do / an AIRial SEquence"

🟡 Intermediate

and want to do wing walking.

🔤 and WANT to DO / wing WALKing.

🟢 Beginner

So we chose the airplane.

🔤 so we CHOSE / the AIRplane.

🟡 Intermediate

And, you know, I know how to fly that airplane

🔤 and, / you KNOW, / i KNOW how to FLY that AIRplane

🟡 Intermediate

and figure it out.

🔤 and FIGure it OUT.

🟡 Intermediate

And then we just start seeing

🔤 and THEN we just START SEEing

🔴 Advanced

how can I get zero G between the wings

🔤 how can i GET ZEro G / beTWEEN the WINGS

🟡 Intermediate

and what can we do?

🔤 and WHAT can we DO?

🟡 Intermediate

And I don't know if you've ever had your hand

🔤 and ai DON'T know if / YOU'VE ever had yer HAND

🟡 Intermediate

outside a window going about 145 miles an hour.

🔤 OUTside a WINdow / GOing uh-BOUT 145 MILES an OUR.

🟡 Intermediate

Show of hands if -- I don't know if you've done that.

🔤 SHOW of HANDS if -- / ai DON'T know / if you've DONE that.

🟢 Beginner

Yeah. But I mean, how do you even --

🔤 YEAH. / but ai MEAN, / how do you EEven --

🟡 Intermediate

Well, 60 miles an hour and then,

🔤 WELL, / SIX-ty MILES an OUR / and THEN,

🟡 Intermediate

you know, multiply it, but feel the force of it.

🔤 you KNOW, / MUL-ti-PLY it, / but FEEL the FORCE of it.

🟡 Intermediate

It was pretty intense, I gotta say.

🔤 it WAS PRE-ty IN-tense, / ai GAH-duh SAY.

🟢 Beginner

How do you breathe?

🔤 HOW do you BREATHE?

🟢 Beginner

I mean, that's a good question.

🔤 ai MEAN, / THAT'S a GOOD QUES-tion.

🟡 Intermediate

The -- I didn't realize, like,

🔤 the -- / ai DID-n't ree-AL-ize, / LIKE,

🔴 Advanced

that amount of force of air, I can't breathe,

🔤 that uh-MOUNT of FORCE of AIR, / ai CAN'T BREATHE,

🟡 Intermediate

so I had to figure out

🔤 so ai HAD to FIG-yer OUT

🟡 Intermediate

how you're taking the wind

🔤 how YOU'RE TAYking the WIND

🟡 Intermediate

and you're breathing down here like this.

🔤 and YOU'RE BREATHing down HERE / like THIS

🔴 Advanced

And I mean, the air particles coming off that propeller

🔤 And I MEAN, / the AIR PARticles / CUMing off that PROpeller

🔴 Advanced

are traveling at the speed of sound.

🔤 are TRAVeling at the SPEED of SOUND

🔴 Advanced

So the air is going around the fuselage like this.

🔤 So the AIR is GOing aROUND / the FYOOselage / like THIS

🟡 Intermediate

And the force of the air

🔤 And the FORCE of the AIR

🔴 Advanced

when I got close to the fuselage was brutal.

🔤 when I got CLOSE to the FYOOselage / was BRUtal

🔴 Advanced

I mean, the air going over the wing period

🔤 I MEAN, / the AIR GOing Over the WING / PERiod

🔴 Advanced

was brutal, you know,

🔤 was BRUtal, / you KNOW

🔴 Advanced

but when the airplane went upside down

🔤 but when the AIRplane went UPside DOWN

🟡 Intermediate

then also the engine would stop.

🔤 then ALso / the ENgine would STOP

🟢 Beginner

Tom, this is insane.

🔤 Tom, / this is inSANE

🟡 Intermediate

So, like, we do it -- like, there's stuff

🔤 SO, / LIKE, / we DO it -- / LIKE, / there's STUFF

🟡 Intermediate

where I'm there and I was like, "Okay, let's --

🔤 where I'm THERE / and I was LIKE, / "Okay, / let's --

🟡 Intermediate

let's see how long we can hold that"

🔤 let's SEE / how LONG we can HOLD that"

🟡 Intermediate

so that, you know, with the engine stopped,

🔤 so THAT, / you KNOW, / with the ENjin STOPPED,

🟡 Intermediate

and then you, you know, so --

🔤 and THEN you, / you KNOW, / so --

🟡 Intermediate

believe me, we spent a lot of time

🔤 buh-LEEV me, / we SPENT a LOT of TIME

🔴 Advanced

figuring this stuff out, like, you know.

🔤 FIGur-ing this STUFF out, / LIKE, / you KNOW.

🟡 Intermediate

How to start the engine from here

🔤 HOW to START the ENjin / from HERE

🟡 Intermediate

and not, you know, going to the ground.

🔤 and NOT, / you KNOW, / GOing to the GROUND.

🟡 Intermediate

But you're on that thing, and then you must --

🔤 But YOU'RE on that THING, / and THEN you MUST --

🟡 Intermediate

and you practice, but if you're in trouble,

🔤 and you PRACTice, / but if you're in TRUble,

🟡 Intermediate

you do this, right? And you go --

🔤 you DO this, / RIGHT? / And you GO --

🟢 Beginner

Yeah, yeah. And then --

🔤 YEH, / YEH. / and then --

🟡 Intermediate

That's what I would do immediately.

🔤 THAT'z what ai WUD do / immediately.

🟡 Intermediate

When I'm resting -- Look, it is the most intense

🔤 when AIM RESTing -- / LOOK, / it IZ the MOST INtense

🔴 Advanced

weight workout you've ever had.

🔤 WAYT WURkout / you've EVer had.

🟡 Intermediate

Have you ever lifted a weight

🔤 have YU EVer LIFted a WAYT

🟡 Intermediate

where you cannot -- It's impossible to lift it again.

🔤 where you CANnot -- / it's IMPOSsible / tuh LIFT it aGAIN.

🟡 Intermediate

Yeah. That's what it's like

🔤 YEH. / THAT'z what it'z LIKE

🟡 Intermediate

after a couple of minutes on this wing,

🔤 AFter a CUple of MINits / on this WING,

🟡 Intermediate

what we were doing because the maneuvers --

🔤 what we were DOing / beCAUZ the MANoovers --

🟡 Intermediate

you're going from 95 to 145 miles an hour,

🔤 you're GOing from NINE-ty-FIVE / tuh one-FORTY-five MILZ an OUR,

🔴 Advanced

and then you're pulling the Gs

🔤 and then you're PULling the JEEZ

🟡 Intermediate

as we're going along,

🔤 az we're GOing aLONG,

🟡 Intermediate

because a lot of the stuff you're seeing --

🔤 bih-KUZ uh LAH-tuh thuh STUFF / yur SEE-ing --

🔴 Advanced

I've got to get to zero G

🔤 aiv GAH-tuh GET tuh ZIR-oh G

🔴 Advanced

as I'm floating in between the wings

🔤 az aim FLOH-ting / in bih-TWEEN thuh WINGZ

🔴 Advanced

and trying to maneuver up and down the wings,

🔤 and TRY-ing tuh muh-NOO-vur / UP and DOWN thuh WINGZ,

🔴 Advanced

and as he's going, it's throwing me

🔤 and az heez GOH-ing, / its THROH-wing ME

🔴 Advanced

in different directions and, you know,

🔤 in DIF-rint duh-REK-shunz / and, / yuh KNOW,

🟡 Intermediate

and I don't know, it was crazy.

🔤 and ai DOHN noh, / it wuz KRAY-zee.

🟢 Beginner

It was crazy. It really was, honestly.

🔤 It wuz KRAY-zee. / It REE-lee WUZ, / AH-nist-lee.

🟡 Intermediate

I don't know. It was still a lot of fun.

🔤 ai DOHN noh. / It wuz STIL uh LAH-tuh FUN.

🟡 Intermediate

I'm glad you said it. Yeah, it was crazy.

🔤 aim GLAD yuh SED it. / YEAH, / it wuz KRAY-zee.

🟡 Intermediate

You actually brought us -- People were like, "It's crazy."

🔤 Yoo AK-chuh-lee BRAH-tuh us -- / PEE-pul wur LIKE, / "Its KRAY-zee."

🟡 Intermediate

I was like, "Yeah." Yeah, yeah, you did it.

🔤 ai wuz LIKE, / "YEAH." / YEAH, / YEAH, / yuh DID it.

🟡 Intermediate

You brought us an exclusive behind-the-scenes look

🔤 yoo BROUGHT us / an ik-SKLOO-siv bih-HIND-thuh-SEENZ look

🟡 Intermediate

at how you prepared to do the biplane.

🔤 at how yoo prih-PAIR-d / tuh doo thuh BY-playn

🟡 Intermediate

Yeah, this is some of the testing

🔤 YEH, / this iz sum uh thuh TEST-ing

🟡 Intermediate

that we did early on. This is like months into the evolution.

🔤 that wuh did ER-lee AHN. / this iz like MUNTHS IN-tuh thuh ev-uh-LOO-shun

🟡 Intermediate

Probably about a year and a half

🔤 PRAH-buh-lee uh BOUT uh YIR and uh HALF

🟡 Intermediate

as we're testing stuff.

🔤 az we're TEST-ing STUFF

🟡 Intermediate

It took you a year and a half

🔤 it TOOK yoo uh YIR and uh HALF

🟡 Intermediate

to practice this stunt?

🔤 tuh PRAC-tis this STUNT

🟡 Intermediate

It took decades to figure it out, honestly.

🔤 it TOOK DEK-adz / tuh FIG-ur it OUT, / AHN-ist-lee

🟡 Intermediate

Like, I fly all these airplanes

🔤 LYK, / ai FLY awl theez AIR-playnz

🟡 Intermediate

and I've been creating

🔤 and I've been krih-AY-ting

🟡 Intermediate

and building different aerial stuff,

🔤 and BUILD-ing DIF-rent AIR-ee-ul STUFF

🟡 Intermediate

even privately and studying cameras

🔤 EE-vuhn PRAI-vit-lee / and STUD-ee-ing KAM-er-uz

🔴 Advanced

and developing the technique and technology

🔤 and dih-VEL-up-ing thuh tek-NEEK and tek-NAL-uh-jee

🔴 Advanced

to be able to tell a story with aerials,

🔤 tuh bee AY-bul tuh TELL uh STOH-ree / with AIR-ee-ulz

🟡 Intermediate

because, you know, if you look at "Top Gun,"

🔤 bih-KUZ / yuh NO / if yuh LUK at "Top Gun"

🟢 Beginner

"American Made," "Fallout,"

🔤 "uh-MER-uh-kun MAYD" / "FAL-out"

🔴 Advanced

that led into "Top Gun: Maverick"

🔤 that LED IN-tuh "Top Gun: MAV-er-ik"

🔴 Advanced

and this leads into this aerial sequence.

🔤 and this LEEDZ IN-tuh / this AIR-ee-ul SEE-kwunts

🟢 Beginner

So -- And I can't wait.

🔤 So -- / and ai CAN'T WAYT

🟡 Intermediate

Like, the next time we do an aerial sequence,

🔤 Like / thuh NEXT time / we DUH an AIR-ee-ul SEE-kwunts

🟢 Beginner

I'm -- I can't wait for that.

🔤 I'm -- / ai CAN'T wayt for THAT

🟢 Beginner

Do you have another? Oh, I do. I got other ones.

🔤 Do yuh HAV uh-NUH-ther / Oh / ai DUH / ai GOT UH-ther WUNZ

🟢 Beginner

Crazier than this one? Yeah, I do.

🔤 CRAY-zee-er than this WUN / Yeah / ai DUH

🟢 Beginner

Take a look at how he prepared for this.

🔤 TAKE uh LUK at HOW / hee prih-PAIR'd fer THIS.

🔴 Advanced

McQ and I went through every step

🔤 McQ 'n I went THROUGH / EV'ry STEP

🟡 Intermediate

of this aerial sequence.

🔤 uv this AIR-ee-ul SEE-kwens.

🟡 Intermediate

Tom and I had to develop the choreography.

🔤 TOM 'n I had tuh dih-VEL-up / thuh KOR-ee-uh-GRA-fee.

🟡 Intermediate

We're going to do rolls, loops, hammerheads.

🔤 WE'R goin' duh duh ROLLS, / LOOPS, / HAM-mer-HEDZ.

🟢 Beginner

We can do this now. Okay. We can do it.

🔤 We can duh THIS now. / OH-kay. / We can DUH it.

🟡 Intermediate

When Tom is on the wing,

🔤 When TOM iz on thuh WING,

🟡 Intermediate

we have to communicate via hand signal

🔤 we HAV tuh kuh-MYOO-ni-KATE / VY-uh HAND SIG-nul

🟡 Intermediate

because the winds are

🔤 bih-KAUZ thuh WINDZ are

🟡 Intermediate

from 100 to 140 miles an hour.

🔤 from HUN-drid tuh one-FOR-tee MILZ an OW-er.

🟢 Beginner

That's the test? That's just --

🔤 THAT'S thuh TEST? / THAT'S just --

🟡 Intermediate

That's not even the movie. That's the test.

🔤 THAT'S not EE-vun thuh MOO-vee. / THAT'S thuh TEST.

🟡 Intermediate

No, that's not the movie. That's the test of what you're gonna do.

🔤 no, / THAT'S not the MOvie. / THAT'S the TEST of what you're GUN-uh do.

🟡 Intermediate

No, that's not the movie. That's us testing.

🔤 no, / THAT'S not the MOvie. / THAT'S us TESTing.

🟢 Beginner

We're just testing.

🔤 we're just TESTing.

🟡 Intermediate

We're just trying to figure it out.

🔤 we're just TRYing tuh FIGure it OUT.

🟡 Intermediate

So I was -- When it went up,

🔤 so i WAS -- / when it WENT up,

🟡 Intermediate

I thought, "You know what?" I talked to him.

🔤 i THOUGHT, / "you KNOW what?" / i TALKED to him.

🟡 Intermediate

I said, "Look, I can hang off the top

🔤 i SAID, / "look, / i can HANG off the TOP

🟡 Intermediate

of that wing. I really think I can do that."

🔤 of that WING. / i REALly think / i can DO that."

🟢 Beginner

You know?

🔤 you KNOW?

🟢 Beginner

No! You can't. It's insane.

🔤 NO! / you CAN'T. / it's inSANE.

🟢 Beginner

I know. Yeah, yeah, I know.

🔤 i KNOW. / YEAH, / YEAH, / i KNOW.

🟡 Intermediate

Also I will say the underwater s--

🔤 ALso i will SAY / the UNderwater S--

🟢 Beginner

I mean, there's so many things.

🔤 ai MEAN, / THERE'z so MAny things.

🟡 Intermediate

There's car chases, there's hand-to-hand combat.

🔤 THERE'z CAR CHAYsez, / THERE'z HAND-to-HAND COMbat.

🟡 Intermediate

What you do to that dude's face

🔤 what choo DOO to that DOOD'z FACE

🟡 Intermediate

with the treadmill, I'm not gonna spoil it,

🔤 with the TREDmill, / ai'm NOT gonna SPOIL it,

🟢 Beginner

but it's great. It's a treadmill.

🔤 but it's GREAT. / it's uh TREDmill.

🟡 Intermediate

yeah, but then the underwater submarine,

🔤 YEAH, / but THEN the UNderwater subMAREEN,

🟡 Intermediate

there's a whole different movie.

🔤 THERE'z uh HOLE DIFfrent MOVee.

🟡 Intermediate

It's like a 20-minute underwater sequence.

🔤 it's LIKE uh TWENtee-MINit / UNderwater SEEkwens.

🔴 Advanced

I love movies and all the way back to the silent era.

🔤 ai LUV MOOveez / and ALL the WAY BACK / to the SY-lunt AIruh.

🟡 Intermediate

And we're looking at, you know,

🔤 and WE'r LUKing AT, / you KNOW,

🟡 Intermediate

when you look at the underwater sequence

🔤 when choo LOOK at the UNderwater SEEkwens

🟡 Intermediate

that we have, it's very --

🔤 that we HAVE, / it's VEry --

🟡 Intermediate

With submarines, we -- I mean,

🔤 with SUB-muh-REENS, / we -- / ai MEEN,

🔴 Advanced

massive sets that we've built,

🔤 MAH-siv SETS / that we've BILT,

🟡 Intermediate

biggest water tanks in the world

🔤 BIG-ust WAH-tur TANKS / in thuh WURLD

🟡 Intermediate

to create this sequence,

🔤 tuh KREE-ate this SEE-kwence,

🟡 Intermediate

and what you're seeing in that lake,

🔤 and what yur SEE-ing in that LAYK,

🔴 Advanced

it is submerged in underwater

🔤 it iz sub-MURJD in UN-der-WAH-tur

🔴 Advanced

and that submarine is rotating.

🔤 and that sub-muh-REEN iz ROH-tay-ting.

🔴 Advanced

I don't want to give too much away,

🔤 ai DOHNT want tuh GIVE too much uh-WAY,

🟡 Intermediate

but it's all -- All that stuff in camera.

🔤 but its awl -- / awl that STUFF in KA-mur-uh.

🟡 Intermediate

There's missiles going around and stuff.

🔤 therz MIS-ulz GOH-ing uh-ROUND / and STUFF.

🔴 Advanced

It's genius because you go, oh,

🔤 its JEE-nus / kuz yuh GO, / OH,

🟡 Intermediate

when water comes in,

🔤 when WAH-tur KUMZ in,

🔴 Advanced

the gravity is going to move the sub

🔤 thuh GRAV-uh-tee iz GO-ing tuh MOOV thuh SUB

🟡 Intermediate

and start -- It's crazy! It's crazy.

🔤 and START -- / it's CRAY-zee! / it's CRAY-zee.

🟡 Intermediate

And you got to see when I'm doing it

🔤 and YOO got tuh SEE / when AIM DO-ing it

🟡 Intermediate

because of the lights inside,

🔤 bih-KUZ uhv thuh LITES in-SIDE,

🔴 Advanced

like, we built a lot of technology,

🔤 like, / wee BILT uh LOT uhv tek-NAHL-uh-jee,

🟡 Intermediate

a lot of stuff from "Fallout"

🔤 uh LOT uhv STUFF from "FAL-owt"

🟡 Intermediate

when I jumped out of the airplane

🔤 when eye JUMPED owt uhv thee AIR-plane

🔴 Advanced

at 25,000 feet, that helmet and the lighting,

🔤 at TWEN-tee-FY-vuh THOUSAND feet, / that HEL-mit and thuh LY-ting,

🔴 Advanced

we kind of put that and took it

🔤 wee KIND uhv PUT that / and TOOK it

🔴 Advanced

to the next iteration, underwater, but I can't see.

🔤 tuh thuh NEXT it-uh-RAY-shun, / UN-der-WAH-ter, / but eye CANT see.

🟡 Intermediate

The light -- A lot of times I cannot see

🔤 thuh LITE -- / uh LOT uhv TIMEZ / eye KAN-not see

🔴 Advanced

because of the reflection of the light.

🔤 bih-KUZ uhv thuh rih-FLEK-shun uhv thuh LITE.

🟡 Intermediate

So I would go in kind of blind,

🔤 so ai WOULD go in / KIND of BLIND,

🟡 Intermediate

spent a lot of time on the set

🔤 SPENT uh LOT uv TIME on the SET

🟡 Intermediate

figuring out, you know, as we're figuring out the shots,

🔤 FIGuring OUT, / yuh NO, / uz WER FIGuring OUT the SHOTS,

🔴 Advanced

and then when I'm doing it, I have a hard time.

🔤 and THEN when AIM DOing it, / ai HAVE uh HARD TIME.

🟡 Intermediate

Plus the suit, when it's wet,

🔤 PLUS the SUIT, / when its WET,

🟡 Intermediate

increases in weight by about 125 pounds.

🔤 inCREASes in WEIGHT / by uh BOUT one TWEN-ty POUNDS.

🟡 Intermediate

So the kind of workouts and things

🔤 so the KIND uv WORKouts and THINGS

🟡 Intermediate

that I have to think about

🔤 that ai HAVE tuh THINK uh BOUT

🟡 Intermediate

just to prepare for these things,

🔤 just tuh prePAIR for THEEZ THINGS,

🟡 Intermediate

it's years of development and yeah, and I'm producing it.

🔤 its YEERS uv deVELupment / and YEAH, / and AIM pruhDOOsing it.

🟢 Beginner

So it's also that kind of thing.

🔤 so its AL-so that KIND uv THING.

🟡 Intermediate

So I'm producing it. I'm up early.

🔤 so AIM pruhDOOsing it. / AIM up EER-lee.

🟢 Beginner

I'm like...

🔤 aim LIKE...

🟡 Intermediate

This guy is doing it all, man.

🔤 this GUY is DOing it ALL, MAN.

🟡 Intermediate

My pull-ups. Like, the pull-ups and the training

🔤 my PUL-ups. / LIKE, / thuh PUL-ups and thuh TRAYning

🟡 Intermediate

I'm doing, it's crazy.

🔤 aim DOing, / its CRAYzee.

🟡 Intermediate

I have a gym. It's called the Pain Cave.

🔤 ai HAV uh JIM. / its CALLED thuh PAYN CAVE.

🟡 Intermediate

And I have a sign on it

🔤 and ai HAV uh SIGN on it

🟡 Intermediate

that says "Only the motivated may enter."

🔤 thut SEZ / "ONlee thuh MOtivAYtid may ENtur."

🟡 Intermediate

Yeah. But the U.S. Navy actually helped you

🔤 YEH. / But thuh U.S. NAYvee ACKshully HELpt yuh

🟢 Beginner

with that submarine scene, right?

🔤 with thut subMUREEN SEEN, / RIGHT?

🟢 Beginner

Oh, they did. Yeah. It was amazing.

🔤 OH, / they DID. / YEH. / it wuz aMAYzing.

🟡 Intermediate

The servicemen and women are here tonight.

🔤 thuh SERvismun and WImin / are HERE tuhNIGHT.

🟢 Beginner

Thank you all for being here. Thank you.

🔤 THANGK yuh ALL / fer BEing HERE. / THANGK yuh.

🟢 Beginner

Thank you, all.

🔤 THANK you, / all.

🟡 Intermediate

It pays off. It is such a great --

🔤 It PAYS off. / It is SUCH a GREAT --

🟢 Beginner

It is such a great scene.

🔤 It is SUCH a GREAT scene.

🟢 Beginner

Yeah. Thank you.

🔤 YEAH. / THANK you.

🟡 Intermediate

How do we set up what is happening

🔤 HOW do we SET up / what is HAPpening

🟢 Beginner

in "Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning"?

🔤 in "MISSion: IMPOSSible -- The FInal RECKoning"?

🟢 Beginner

Uh, how do I set it up? Yeah.

🔤 Uh, / HOW do I SET it UP? / YEAH.

🟡 Intermediate

How do we set up what's happening in this?

🔤 HOW do we SET up / what's HAPpening in THIS?

🟢 Beginner

In what? In "Mission: impossible."

🔤 In WHAT? / In "MISSion: IMPOSSible."

🟢 Beginner

Like, in the whole movie? Yeah.

🔤 LIKE, / in the WHOLE MOvie? / YEAH.

🟢 Beginner

Well, there's a mission, and it's impossible.

🔤 WELL, / there's a MISSion, / and it's IMPOSSible.

🟢 Beginner

Okay, that's perfect.

🔤 OKay, / that's PERfect.

🟡 Intermediate

That's why I get paid the big bucks.

🔤 that's WHY i get PAID / the BIG bucks.

🟡 Intermediate

I ask the hard questions. Okay, good.

🔤 ai ASK the HARD QUEStions. / OKay, / good.

🟡 Intermediate

I thought, like, "Is this a trick question?"

🔤 ai THOUGHT, / like, / "is THIS a TRICK QUEStion?"

🟢 Beginner

No, no, it's not a trick question.

🔤 NO, / NO, / it's NOT a TRICK QUEStion.

🟡 Intermediate

Crazy stuff happens. It is so good.

🔤 CRAzy STUFF HAPpens. / it IS so GOOD.

🟡 Intermediate

This is a movie that you definitely want to see

🔤 this IS a MOvie / that you DEfinitely WANT to SEE

🟢 Beginner

on the big screen.

🔤 ON the BIG screen.

🟡 Intermediate

I would say go to IMAX.

🔤 ai WUD say / go to iMAX.

🟡 Intermediate

In fact, everyone here is going home

🔤 in FACT, / EVryWUN here is GOing HOME

🟡 Intermediate

with tickets to see "Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning" in IMAX

🔤 with TICkets / to SEE "miSHUN: imPOssible -- the FY-nul RECkoning" in iMAX

🟢 Beginner

thanks to Tom Cruise!

🔤 THANKS to TOM CRUISE!

🟢 Beginner

Come on, bud! You're the best. I love you, buddy.

🔤 come ON, / BUD! / you're the BEST. / ai LOVE you, / BUDdy.

🟢 Beginner

I want to show a clip.

🔤 ai WANT tuh SHOW uh CLIP.

🟢 Beginner

Here's Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning."

🔤 HERE'Z TAHM KROOZ / in "MIH-shun: im-PAH-suh-bul -- thuh FY-nul REK-uh-ning."

🟢 Beginner

Take a look at this.

🔤 TAYK uh LUK at THIS.

🟢 Beginner

Mark the turn. Aye, sir.

🔤 MARK thuh TURN. / AYE, / SIR.

🟢 Beginner

My rudder is right full.

🔤 my RUD-der iz RYT FULL.

🔴 Advanced

Godspeed, mister.

🔤 GAWD-SPEED, / MIS-ter.

🟡 Intermediate

That's how you do it!

🔤 THATS how yuh DUH it!

🟢 Beginner

Tom Cruise, everybody.

🔤 TAHM KROOZ, / EV-ree-BAH-dee.

🟢 Beginner

"Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning" is

🔤 "MIH-shun: im-PAH-suh-bul -- thuh FY-nul REK-uh-ning" IZ

🟢 Beginner

in theaters and IMAX this Friday.

🔤 in THEE-uh-ters and I-MAX / this FRY-day.

🟢 Beginner

We'll be right back with more "Tonight Show," everybody.

🔤 we'll bee RYT BAK / with MORE "tuh-NIGHT SHOW," / EV-ree-BAH-dee.

🟢 Beginner

Come on back.

🔤 KUM ahn BAK.