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Tom Cruise reportedly saved the life of his co-star Elisabeth Shue on the set of the 1988 movie,
Cocktail.
The incident has only just come to light, 33 years on from the hit movie, after a crew member recalled the details on a Facebook group called Crew Stories.
Camera operator Bill Bennett said Shue almost walked into a spinning helicopter rotor blade and it was Cruise who leaped into action, tackling her to the ground and thus saving her life.
Elisabeth Shue and Tom Cruise in a scene from the film Cocktail in 1988. (Getty)
At the time, the actress, now 57, was talking to Cruise and the director after filming scenes from inside a helicopter. The helicopter had already landed on the beach and when the conversation ended, Shue disembarked while the blades were still spinning.