the broken ankle isn't what makes tom cruise different. it's what he did ON PURPOSE that's even wilder: hung off the side of an airbus A400 during takeoff. lloyd's of london refused to insure it. he signed a personal liability waiver and did it anyway. age 52 jumped a motorcycle off a 40 meter cliff in norway. trained 5 hours a day for 4 months building grip strength to 200 pounds per hand. 13 takes to get the shot. he was 60 years old flew 225 F-18 super hornet missions for top gun maverick. 15 hours of flight training per week for 3 months. he was 58 held his breath underwater for 6 minutes 31 seconds. trained with a freediver for 31 days. 80 takes. most stunt doubles last 2-3 minutes the halo skydive took 872 jumps to get right. on take 106 he nearly collided with another skydiver at 15,000 feet. he was 55 climbed the outside of the burj khalifa at 1,680 feet with 40 mph winds. 20 takes. he was 48 the ankle jump in london took 7 weeks to recover from and cost paramount $1.5 million. he finished the take before telling anyone the man is 63 years old and still doing this. no cgi. no doubles. just commitment do you respect it, or is he built different?