Cruise's vault-scene fix was pound coins in his shoes

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's this hour, this is BBN Town Hall, and the Cruise vault clip is still number one on YouTube's U.S. trending chart, now at over fourteen million views.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the new detail is the fix. Tom Cruise kept hitting his face on the floor, so he asked the stunt team for coins.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPound coins, in his shoes, so he could tell if he was level. That's the whole technology.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPocket change. Okay, that's sort of charming. Don't film me saying that.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentToo late. And director Brian De Palma kept rolling until he laughed off camera and called cut.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the quality control was a laugh.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe cables, the vault, the cameras, and the hero of the scene is a handful of pound coins. Chat, hashtag it: coinflip.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWe're back here same time tomorrow for more Town Hall.