A weightless waterfall
Jean-François Clervoy doesn’t have the media presence of Thomas Pesquet, but he too is a star in the very special world of astronautics. former astronaut, made three space flights for NASA. Polytechnic, general armaments engineer, book author, his retirement from active astronaut service has not left him idle. On the contrary, he is involved in various projects and activities directly or indirectly related to space. He was then, in particular, the CEO of the Novespace company, an “airline company” that offers you fly without weight. And it is in this context that he was brought to collaborate with Tom Cruise on the film The Mummy.
In one of the film’s most impressive scenes, the heroes of The Mummy find yourself in a cargo plane that crashes, creating a phase of weightlessness for the occupants of the aircraft. As explained by Tom Cruise, actor and producer of the film, he absolutely wanted this sequence to be shot actual conditions, i.e. in “zero G” (no gravity). He then turned to Jean-François Clervoy to train him in zero-gravity flight (videos above).
“Tom Cruise understood immediately what weightlessness was”
We met Jean-François Clervoy for the role of consultant he held for the production of Nicolas Giraud’s film The astronaut. Precisely on this occasion he recounted his work with Tom Cruise, underlining his great professionalism. And for him, there is no doubt that the actor of Top Gun: nonconformist will leave well in space for your future project.
I flew with him four times on the Zero G plane, for a scene in the movie “The Mummy.” It was really excellent, he understood immediately what weightlessness was. Some people lose control of their body a little and panic, pedaling in the semolina when they feel that their body no longer weighs on anything. Tom Cruise was trying to stage a real weightless stunt in a film “Mission: Impossible”, but the script never lent itself to this. (…) In “The Mummy”, there is a plane that goes down and goes out of control. Tom Cruise said: “here, I want my scene!”. He took it, and he did it. Indeed, he has plans to shoot scenes for a film on the ISS, and it is quite feasible.
When he was preparing for these weightless flights, four in two days, I felt that he is very professionally committed to what he does, to the details, and that’s what makes him a great actor. There is no place left to chance in the preparation of the scenes he is about to shoot, and he tries to touch the viewer. He wants to maintain his reputation and, yes, he has no problem going into space.
Source: Cine Serie
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