If you thought you were crazy about Tom Cruise, step back please. The actor has made so many visits to Japan that the country has declared October 10 as Tom Cruise Day. Now that’s a tough one to beat.
Tom Cruise suffered from dyslexia when he was young. His main reason for joining Scientology was because it helped him overcome dyslexia. In fact, Tom was brought up in a strict Catholic household and wanted to become a priest.
He was bullied in 15 different schools that he attended over 12 years. Not surprisingly then, the actor turned to wrestling during his high school days before being bitten by the acting bug.
His childhood was pretty unhappy and financially unstable. His father, who was an electrical engineer, comes out pretty badly for abandoning Tom’s mother and has been described as abusive by the actor.
Tom Cruise is pretty fanatic about his teeth. His co-star in ‘The Outsiders’ Patrick Swayze said that Tom avoided photo shoots because he was insecure about his teeth.
Tom Cruise has had three wives – Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes - so far. All three were actors and their ages got younger with each of his marriages.
Tom Cruise has refused to lend his face for action figures and video games. However, Disney apparently modelled the lead character of their 1992 film ‘Aladdin’ on the actor who was riding high on the success of films like ‘A Few Good Men’ and ‘Days of Thunder’.
Tom Cruise has played hero in real life too. He saw a woman get hit by a car in 1996 and rushed her to the hospital. He even paid her bill of $7000 after realising she didn’t have insurance.
Tom Cruise has won three Golden Globe awards so far. Although he has been nominated for the Oscars thrice, Tom Cruise has never won the coveted award.
For the first ‘Mission: Impossible’ film that released in 1996, Tom Cruise decided to turn into a producer.