15 Actors who almost lost their lives on set (With Pictures)

6. Tom Cruise – Top Gun

Tom Cruise may hold the record for the most near-death-experiences ever attributed to one specific actor. He has played in so many action-packed thriller’s that it is almost shocking that this actor has survived his career.

While filming a scene for the action flick Top Gun, Cruise came close to being the subject of a freak accident. During the ocean scene where he clutches onto Goose’s lifeless body, Cruise’s parachute began to take on water. If it hadn’t been for a cast member who noticed and quickly cut Cruise loose —he would have been fished into the ocean and captured by its depts.