Tom Cruise is well-known for his willingness to perform many of his own stunts.
Exhibit A: In an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Cruise revealed that, in the most recent Mission Impossible film, he learned to hold his breath underwater for a whopping 6 1/2 minutes.
Divers were called in to advise the actor on how to train his system to handle the lack of oxygen. While Cruise admits, "It's not pleasant," he seems to have gotten pretty good at it:
"I trained for a long time to the point when I finished the sequence, there'd be times I'd be sitting there talking in meetings and I wouldn't breathe," he said.
Also a guest on the show, English actor Jude Law reveals that he, too, has held his breath for his craft.
In a scene for his new television series, The Young Pope, Law shot a scene that takes place at the bottom of a pool, however, he only had to hold his breath for *cough* around 40 seconds *cough.*
We still love you, Jude.
