Deadliest Tom Cruise Stunts - Ranked

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7. Cockpit stunt in Top Gun: Maverick

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6. Hung from a helicopter in Mission: Impossible - Fallout

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5. The zero gravity stunt in The Mummy

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4. Wore the Exoskeleton Armor in Edge of Tomorrow

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