12 Things That Prove Tom Cruise Is an Extraordinary and Unique Soul

Tom Cruise is one of Hollywood’s richest celebrities. He debuted on the big screen in 1981 and, even today, he is still in great shape. However, like any good movie star, he has some peculiar characteristics, such as refusing the help of specialists and separating from his wives when they reach a certain age.

Bright Side has prepared a list with some facts that show how Tom Cruise is a man very different from the rest.

1. He has received many awards.

Tom Cruise is known for his excellent acting skills and good looks. It’s not for nothing that he was included in some of the most important magazine lists in the world. He was nominated as the Sexiest Man Alive and was among the 50 Most Handsome Men in the world 3 times in People magazine. He also ranked first in Forbes magazine’s Top 100 Celebrities and, despite not winning the coveted statuette, he has won 3 Golden Globes for the films, Magnolia, Jerry Maguire, and Born on the Fourth of July.

2. He has dismissed several stunt doubles.

Tom Cruise is an exception in the world of cinema, as he goes the extra mile to prepare for his own action scenes, which negates the need for stuntmen. This could be seen, for example, in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, when he climbed the Burj Khalifa, one of the tallest buildings in the world. Also in Jack Reacher, when he drove a car in pursuit, and in Mission Impossible 5, when he was suspended from a plane at 4,921 feet above sea level, he did it all himself.

3. He knows how to earn a lot of money.

Cruise was the first actor in history to star in 5 consecutive films that grossed $100 million. These were: A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with a Vampire (1994), Mission Impossible (1996), and Jerry Maguire (1996). He also participated in 4 projects that were nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, which included Rain Man (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), A Few Good Men, and Jerry Maguire.

4. He’s a compassionate person.

Despite his fame and fortune, Cruise is a very compassionate person. Once, on the street, he saw a car hitting Brazilian actress Heloisa Vinhas. Immediately, he stopped to help the girl and even paid the hospital expenses, which amounted to about $20,000. And while some celebrities fight with the paparazzi, the Mission Impossible actor helped lift a photographer who fell in the street.

5. He wanted to become a priest.

After his parents’ divorce, Cruise clung to his faith and decided to become a priest, enrolling in a seminary. It was there that he began to familiarize himself with appearing on stage, as he actively participated in the drama club, to the point that he was given complete plays to memorize. Despite this, he was expelled after a year for stealing from the priests.

6. He has a strange relationship with numbers.

Tom Cruise has been married 3 times to the following women: Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes, born in 1956, 1967, and 1978, respectively. By chance or pure coincidence, the 3 women have all been married for around 11 years and divorced the actor at exactly 33 years of age. Was this calculated or was it fate?

7. He has a keen sense of adventure.

Tom Cruise loves excitement both on and off-screen. He scuba dives, has a license to fly his own plane, and skydives. He even went so far as to prepare a radical surprise for his family. In 1990, while filming Days of Thunder in Florida, USA, the actor took his mother skydiving and filmed the descent. Subsequently, he sent a copy of the VHS tape to his sisters who got a big scare.

8. He prefers to socialize with co-workers.

Tom Cruise often has personal relationships with his colleagues. Indeed, most of his girlfriends and all of his ex-wives are actresses. For example, he starred with Nicole Kidman in Days of Thunder, A Distant Horizon, and Eyes Wide Shut. He also starred in Vanilla Sky with Penélope Cruz, his ex-girlfriend, with whom he lived from 2001 to 2004.

9. He has the face of a soldier.

Tom Cruise seems to be a good model of military bearing. As proof of this, he’s played a soldier in 8 films: Curfew, Top Gun, Born on the Fourth of July, A Few Good Men, The Last Samurai, Valkyrie, Jack Reacher, and Repeat.

10. He’s a humble guy.

In 2005, when Brooke Shields declared that she was using medication to treat her postpartum depression, Tom Cruise publicly criticized the actress. Repentant, he went to apologize personally to the star of The Blue Lagoon, who ended up forgiving her colleague.

11. He “recreated” a performance with his platonic love.

Tom revealed in an interview that his first platonic love was with actress Ingrid Bergman, who he first saw while watching the movie, Interlude. To pay homage to his muse, the actor called Rebecca Ferguson, considered a Bergman double, to star in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. In the film, the actress is named Ilsa, just like Bergman’s character in Casablanca.

12. He makes more money when he runs.

The website Rotten Tomatoes conducted a study to compare Tom Cruise’s films and concluded that the more he runs, the more successful his productions are, both in terms of critics and box office. According to the report, his films have run the equivalent of 24,000 feet in more than 37 years of filmmaking. The list is topped by Mission Impossible III (2006), with 3,212 feet ran, almost the total number of runs of the 12 films shot in the 1980s.

Do you think Tom Cruise is an unusual actor, or do you think it’s normal to act like this when you’re a Hollywood star? Share your opinions in the comment section below!

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