Video Of The Week - Tom Cruise, More Than Just A Good Actor

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While Hollywood star Tom Cruise has starred in all kinds of movies, he is best known for his action flicks - Films like Top Gun where he played a naval aviator and most recently, as secret Agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible series.

Turns out that in real life the 50-year old is as big a daredevil. When the actor was recently invited to pilot a Red Bull F1 car on Southern California's Willow Springs circuit, he handled it like a pro - managing to reach a top speed of 181mph (291km/h), just 4mph short of the top speed reached by his instructor and 13-time Grand Prix winner, David Coulthard.

If that wasn't enough excitement for the day, the actor then leapt onto an acrobatic helicopter and performed a few loops - Just like in the movies!

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67 Comments
  • Alexander almost 14 years
    OMG so cool!!! can he fly a helicopter or is that a pilot
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    • Anaalmost 14 years
      wow that is cool
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      • alexa141
        alexa141almost 14 years
        yeah ana!!! we r the only girls that had an interest in this article.....
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      • babigirl44almost 14 years
        I could do that no matter i could even drift
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        • pony girl :)almost 14 years
          Wow! 50 years old that is almost as old as my dad! I can not believe he is doing that, go Tom Cruise!
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          • Blondie-botalmost 14 years
            Cool! I wanna try that someday!
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            • Emmiealmost 14 years
              wow!!!!!
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              • elyshaalmost 14 years
                my dad loves cars so mush i know it yeah.
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                • Kayleealmost 14 years
                  I thought it was very interesting because I just thought he was a high action movie star not a daredevil. I know of him because my dad watches his movies a lot can't wait to tell him. Kaylee
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                  • erikmartinezalmost 14 years
                    i will make a movie about me in a race car and i bet i will win a race and i will come in 1 place
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                    • javier babi jokeralmost 14 years
                      i which i can race like that so that i can drift in yah....!
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                      Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - Tom Cruise, More Than Just A Good Actor.” DOGOnews. August 29, 2011. Accessed July 4, 2025. https://www.dogonews.com/2011/8/30/video-of-the-week-tom-cruise-more-than-just-a-good-actor.

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                      Dolasia, M. (2011, August 29). Video Of The Week - Tom Cruise, More Than Just A Good Actor. Retrieved 2025, July 4, from https://www.dogonews.com/2011/8/30/video-of-the-week-tom-cruise-more-than-just-a-good-actor

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