Tom Cruise is finally revealing what it takes to pull off his high-flying, death-defying stunts: a great big breakfast. The Mission: Impossible star explained how he fuels up for his over-the-top action scenes in a new interview with PEOPLE.

Tom Cruise is known for a willingness, even an insistence, to do his own stunts in his movies. Seeing the next crazy thing Tom Cruise does has been one of the primary reasons people go to see the new Mission: Impossible movies,

Tom Cruise says the secret to pull off his stunts is a big breakfast. "I actually eat a massive breakfast," Cruise said in a new interview with People about his diet before performing high-risk stunts like walking on the wing of a biplane for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.