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For the “knife-in-the-eye” scene, Tom Cruise insisted that a real knife be used, and that it stop exactly one quarter-inch from his eyeball, instead of trick photography as Director John Woo had suggested.
The knife was connected to a safety cable that was measured carefully in order to achieve the effect, and Cruise insisted that Dougray Scott use all of his strength in the ensuing struggle to stab his eye out.