14 Insane Facts Few People Know About Tom Cruise

By Editorial Staff in Entertainment On 16th June 2016
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#1 Before Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Tony Stark, Tom was actually set to play Iron Man!

I can't imagine anyone other than RDJ as Tony Stark but maybe Tom could play another Marvel superhero?

#2 When he was 14, Tom attended a seminary on a scholarship and seriously considered becoming a priest. But he got kicked out for swiping booze!

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#3 The sunglasses Tom's character wears in Risky Business became so popular that he single-handedly increased Ray-Ban sales by 2000%.

Only Tom Cruise.

#4 He's one of the highest paid celebrities in Hollywood.

He makes more in one year than most actors make in a lifetime! His total net worth is $480 million!

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#5 He's really Maverick! Tom got his pilot's license after filming Top Gun.

Who else is so excited for Top Gun 2?!

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#6 The director of Edge of Tomorrow initially insisted on a stuntman doing Tom's stunts.

Tom refused and the director was so impressed that he told Tom that he should do all his stunts in every movie!

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#7 Everyone knows that Tom is a scientologist.

He actually hasn't seen his daughter Suri in three years because the church said she would make him want to leave the religion.

Tom's a great actor but it looks like his personal life is a bit of a mess.

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#8 Tom wanted to be in Valkyrie after seeing a photo of Colonel von Stauffenberg and instantly saw that he looked just like him!

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#9 Need more evidence that Tom is a real-life hero? He saw a woman get struck by a car and took her to the hospital.

When he found out she didn't have insurance, he paid her medical bill of $7,000.

No, seriously. Is he the world's greatest action star AND the nicest man alive?!

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#10 Tom always plays heroes on screen but he actually was one in real life!

In 1998, he saved a woman from being mugged and he chased away the attackers with his bodyguards.

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#11 Tom came up with the character of Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder.

He told Ben Stiller that Les needed to be bald and have a weird love of dancing.

Honestly, Les is probably Tom's best character to date.

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#12 Want to own a Tom Cruise action figure? You can't! It's because Tom refuses to allow his likeness to be used for video games or figurines!

#13 Tom was a wrestler in high school and originally planned on going professional.

He actually took up acting because of a knee injury that forced him to drop out of the wrestling team!

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#14 Tom Cruise loves to do his own stunts. Remember the insane opening to Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation?

Where Tom's character hangs off the side of a plane? ALL TOM.

Is he even human?!