26 He achieved a crazy box office milestone in 1996.
Beginning with A Few Good Men in 1992, and ending with Jerry Maguire in 1996, Cruise became the first actor ever to appear in five consecutive movies that each grossed over $100 million in the United States.
27 He’s a fencer in his spare time.
According to Glamour, Cruise enjoys fencing so much that he has an entire room dedicated to the sport in his mansion. He even encouraged fellow actor Will Smith and friend David Beckham to join in on the fun. “We don’t get enough time for hanging out, just us three guys, so this is his way of getting together and bonding,” says Smith.
28 He’s had two weddings with the same best man.
At his weddings to Nicole Kidman, in 1990, and Katie Holmes, in 2006, Cruise’s “bromance” with the controversial leader of the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, was put on display as Miscavige took the role of best man at both ceremonies. Since the ’80s, Cruise and Miscavige had, as reported in the Daily Mail, developed a deep bond over their love of the church, often speaking in a secret language and gambling together in Las Vegas. And for more wacky Hollywood nuptials, check out the 15 Most Lavish Celebrity Weddings of All Time.
29 Katie Holmes always had a thing for him.
Cruise was on Holmes’ radar far before they ever laid eyes on each other in real life. When she was a teenager, Holmes plastered posters of the Top Gun star on her bedroom walls in Toledo, Ohio, dreaming of the day she would get to marry him. “I think every little girl dreams about her wedding. I used to think I was going to marry Tom Cruise,” she told Seventeen magazine. Well, lucky for Holmes, her teenage heartthrob dream marriage came true—at least for a short time.
30 No one loves Tom Cruise like Japan loves Tom Cruise.
On October 10, 2006, the Japan Memorial Day Association announced that they would begin celebrating every October 10th as “Tom Cruise Day” in Japan, since he had made more trips (nearly two dozen) to the country than any other Hollywood star at that time.
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