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Tom Cruise has been hailed a hero after a crew member on his 1988 film Cocktail shared the moment the star apparently ‘saved’ the life of co-star Elisabeth Shue.The pair were filming scenes for the classic movie in Jamaica, with a helicopter capturing the lovers riding horses along a beach.Bill Bennett, the man filming from the chopper, recalled the reported near-miss in a Facebook group, Crew Stories, which will make the hairs stick up on the back of your neck.Writing in a Facebook post recently, Bill claimed he witnessed Tom ‘save Elisabeth Shue’s life for real’, after the actress came ‘feet’ away from walking into a helicopter’s spinning rotor blades – which can kill in an instant.Remarkably, writer/director Mike Timm said he sent Bill’s

Cocktail in 1987.Aerial camera operator Bill Bennett ASC recalled the incident in a Facebook group called Crew Stories, according to The Sun.The story was spotted by writer Mike Timm, who then sent it to Mission: Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie and Cruise, who reportedly confirmed it to be true.“We were filming the scene from a helicopter, where Tom and Elisabeth are riding horses along the beach,” Bennett began in his post.“After a couple takes, the pilot would land the helicopter on the beach, and Tom and Elisabeth would come over to watch the shot recordings and get notes from the director.