10 Actors Who Were Injured In Dumb Ways On Set

2. Tom Cruise

jack reacherFilm: Jack Reacher (2012) Man, in reading the list of injuries that Tom Cruise has suffered in his lifetime it is difficult to pick one that was the most hilarious. Until some behind the scenes information became known from one of his most recent blockbusters, Jack Reacher. But back to his amalgamation of injuries, he has broken most of the bones in his body due to an insistence to do his own stunts. He has revealed to have broken his legs and fingers at different times, but no known brain injury means the Scientology issue is still unexplained. Yet, he still soldiers on despite his numerous breaks and cuts, and Jack Reacher was no exception to his rule. Cruise plays the titular character, a drifter and former military corps officer, who is brought in to investigate the apparently random shooting of five people by a former military sniper. The crime thriller was seen as a success, and as is often the case in Cruise films, featured a lot of gritty and hard-hitting fights and stunts. Nevertheless, the reason that he is on this list is more than a little bit humorous. Despite the potential but predominate danger he may have faced doing all his own driving stunts, he managed to make it through that section of production unscathed. However, some of the fight scenes he was not so safe in, but not for the reason you might expect. In one instance, Cruise has to repeatedly kick another actor in the crotch, and the numerous takes of this part meant that Cruise's foot swelled due to bruising. If you were in a fight with a person where you spent the vast majority of it punting the other's testicles, and you are the one that comes out worse for wear, than there would be a sincere hope that he doesn't decide to return the favour. However, very little report of his partner in this scene has emerged,which would suggest he is now at home, trying to sell his crushed nuts on eBay with the caption "Tom Cruise kicked my balls off" and employing the moniker "Mr. Helium".
 
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