Things You Didn’t Know About Tom Cruise

Larrylambert
4 min readSep 17, 2024

He may be the best runner in the film industry.

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In some ways Tom Cruise is an unlikely action hero. After all, he’s not a particularly imposing man physically. However, in my opinion he does one thing better than any other action hero. Run. I mean over the years I’ve seen Tom really haul it. And in certain situations, even an action hero needs to be able to move in a hurry.

Obviously, I don’t know what Tom Cruise is really like. I heard some rumblings about his relationship with Scientology, but I won’t profess to be an expert in that field. I have, however, enjoyed some of his movies. So, with that introduction, here are some things you didn’t know about Tom Cruise.

1: Tom did not have a good relationship with his biological father. He said of him, “My father was the kind of person where, if something goes wrong, they kick you.”

No wonder Tom can run so fast.

2: The family moved a lot when Tom was young. He attended 15 schools in 14 years.

And none of those school transfers involved getting expelled.

3: Tom played linebacker as a high school

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Larrylambert
Larrylambert

Written by Larrylambert

You probably don't know my name, but have likely seen my work. I've written for numerous syndicated cartoon strips and my gags have appeared in national pubs.