About
Tom Cruise Clinging is a photoshop series featuring a cut-out image of Tom Cruise, taken from a stunt he performed for his film Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, transposed into a variety of unlikely environments.
Origin
On March 23rd, 2015, Paramount Pictures released the full-length trailer for the film Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation[3]. The trailer featured a much-publicized shot where Tom Cruise clings to the side of a military jet as its flying, a stunt that he performed himself, with no green screen or stunt double.
On March 25th, 2015, Vince Mancini of Uproxx.com[1] posted the first series of images created from the promotional poster He also posted a cut-out he created, so that others could use it as a template.
Spread
The article on Uproxx.com received 62 comments in 24 hours, many of them user-submitted additions to the photoshop meme. It was syndicated on other pop culture sites like Popist[2].
Notable Examples
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External References
[1]Uproxx – ‘Tom Cruise Clinging’ Is The Photoshop Gift That Keeps On Giving
[2]Popist – Tom Cruise Clinging: A Very Special Meme
[3]The Vine – Watch Tom Cruise cling to the side of a plane as it takes off