and the mission led to an encounter with hollywood royalty. what seemed even more impossible was to expect that her children would be given a ride in tom cruise's helicopter. yes, the a—lister is filming the latest mission: impossible and so tom needed to land his chopper nearby. he hooked up with alison webb, who told annita mcveigh what happened. we were outside, enjoying the sunshine, it was a beautiful weekend, two of tom's team had been looking around the area where to land the helicopter because the airport was closing. so my initial thoughts were, cool for the kids to watch the helicopter land, why not? did you know when you were asked to allow this helicopter to land in your garden that tom cruise was going to be in it? not at all, no idea. so, neil, describe the moment when tom cruise got out and you realised it was him?