"Mission: Impossible" co-star Simon Pegg talks watching Tom Cruise's stunt: "We were all a bit hysterical"

For actor Simon Pegg, the first day on the set of "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" involved watching a friend and co-star attempting one of the biggest stunts in movie history.

The co-star was of course Tom Cruise, whose stuntwork in movies like "Top Gun: Maverick" and the "Mission: Impossible" series has audiences clamoring to see what he's capable of. In the newest "Mission: Impossible" movie, Cruise's character Ethan Hunt rides a motorcycle off a cliff, then jumps off the bike and performs a terrifying BASE jump to land safely. 

Despite the high-stakes stunt, Pegg said the day was "the opposite of chaos."