23 Years After Sydney Olympics, Tom Cruise Left Head Over Heels Meeting Australian Athlete: “You’re a Great Runner. I’m a Good Runner”

The arrival of a Tom Cruise movie calls for celebration among movie aficionados around the world. It also means that fan-favorite superstar Tom Cruise travels around the world promoting his movie. With the latest installment in the Mission Impossible franchise, Dead Reckoning, about to release, the actor visited the sets of the Australian TV program Sunrise. No sooner than the interview started, Cruise was taken aback by a surprising fact about the host of the show.

With respect to Tom Cruise’s tremendous athletic abilities, the host remarked that he too had participated in the Sydney Olympics 2000. Matt Shrivington, who currently presents the TV program Sunrise, is a renowned Australian sprinter. He is also the 3rd fastest Australian athlete of all time. When he told Cruise about running 100m at the Sydney Olympics, the Hollywood superstar was stunned.

Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible tour got him acquainted with an Australian athlete

Tom Cruise has been doing rounds around the world, promoting his latest Mission Impossible movie. His promotional tour brought him to the sets of the Australian TV program Sunrise, where he talked about his fondness for doing his own action stunts, running in movies, ad loving every minute of making the film. Immediately after he sat down, Shrivington started off the interview by sharing his Olympic detail.

As per Yahoo Lifestyle news, Shrivington said, “Tom, I’ve gotta be honest with you, as a kid growing up I was a sprinter and went to the Olympic Games as a sprinter”. Wowed and surprised, Cruise found out that it was in Sydney Olympics 2000 after he watched a clip from it. A seemingly impressed Cruise said, “Look at that. You’re a great runner. I’m a good runner”.

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The context of running was brought about, as it often is in Tom Cruise interviews, because of the famous running sequences Cruise puts in almost all his action movies. It is there in every single one of the 5 Mission Impossible movies.

 Why Tom Cruise loves doing all his stunts and action sequences himself?

Tom Cruise may have made running stylish and popular through his own style in movies, but his stunts involved are way more dangerous and riskier. However, Cruise believes his athleticism from childhood has prepared him for it. “I’ve just been an athlete, my whole life, gymnastics, and I love to sprint. I came out running”, said Cruise to the talk show hosts when asked about his love for sprinting in movies. The man also once offered worth $4 million to Lewis Hamilton once for a lifetime opportunity. He is all about pushing the boundaries.

When asked if he ever fears dying or getting seriously injured, Cruise responded that he does, but he likes that fear. Ironical as it sounds, he isn’t afraid of that fear. With all the years of running and stunts in his repertoire, Cruise still couldn’t shake off the feeling of instant admiration he felt for Shrivington upon learning and watching his running abilities.

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