- The plane jump shot was one continuous take of a real skydive with Cruise. They originally tested a green screen rig but he didn't find it 'believable'. Paris below and added environmental effects however were obviously added in post.
- The bike driving sequence leading up to and around the Arc de Triomphe was all Cruise during the 90 minute window they had to shoot, surrounded by stunt cars. The spinning launch over the car after getting hit at the end of the sequence was also practical.
- Cruise piloted his own chopper, including all the third person shots, after training for a year and a half. In the valley shots the blades had about 2ft of space on the sides
- The climbing and falls off the rope attached to the helicopter, including climbing onto the landing skids. The safety harness in the former only prevented him from falling off the edge though it didn't affect tension when free falling and hitting the payload prop.
- Various shots of both Cruise and Cavill on the rock, including them sliding off the edge, Cruise free climbing, resting on the edge with the sunset, which ironically I assumed would have been the shots most likely to have been green screened given the various CG chopper destruction shots leading up to it.
