10 Hollywood Stars You Didn't Know Were Real Life Heroes

2. Tom Cruise Helps The Victim Of A Hit-And-Run, Pays Her Medical Bills

Few Hollywood stars like to cast themselves as the flawless action hero quite as much as Tom Cruise, the diminutive hero of a long list of chart-topping blockbusters. The eccentric Scientologist has defied the odds and saved the day in a number of films, from the Mission: Impossible series to Jack Reacher, Oblivion and the ludicrously over-the-top Knight and Day. Back in 1996 while returning home from a dinner, Cruise's real life heroics were reported in the Lakeland Ledger and other publications €“ after witnessing a woman by the name of Heloisa Vinhas lying prone in the road after being struck down by a hit-and-run driver, he called for help on his phone and waited with her until the ambulance arrived. He then stayed with her until they reached the hospital, and upon realising that she had no medical insurance, decided to pay the bill for her. Kind of like what any decent human being would do under the same circumstances, you might say €“ but when you're famous the incident makes it onto the news, and after all, it can't hurt your public image.