#also having previous knowledge of arresting people bc playing a cop is so funny

[lensinski]

"Just watching Tom Cruise doing his own stunts was really and truly amazing, watching him fly up over that car, where he gets tased in midair and then comes down. At one point, he’s on the ground, and that’s where we’re gonna arrest him. So J.J. [Abrams] says, “Okay, you,” pointing to me. “After we tase him, you cuff him.” And the technical advisor comes over, and he says, “Okay, here’s what you do. You’re gonna put your knee in the small of his back and pull his arms around.” I said, “Uh, yeah, no, I’m not.” Because just before that, J.J. had said, “Don’t. Hurt. Tom. Cruise.” “Okay, good note.” [Laughs.] Which I understand. They don’t want some day player hurting their multi-million dollar franchise man. That’s all they were talking about. But I knew from Psych that cuffing someone is actually really difficult to do unless you do it every day. And it hurts! So I said, “Hey, Tom, I’m Tim, I’m gonna be cuffing you. Yeah, I’m gonna put a little pressure on your back, but I don’t wanna go too hard, so let me know I’m going too hard.” He said, “Yeah, I will, don’t worry!”

At one point, I was chasing Tom, and he looked and me and said, “Try to keep up!” And sure enough, I could not. I think for that entire movie he just runs. He’s a very fast man. I was not. [Laughs.] By the end of filming, I could barely walk, I was so sore!"

- Timothy Omundson on working on Mission Impossible 3