I can't even name a single Cruise stunt besides the rock climbing one that was at the start of MI2. A terrible movie and a kind of pointless stunt.

Yeah, if you have someone like William Shatner or Katherine Heigl who can't do their own shit or require a stunt double to run for them than it can make life harder. But most time you hear about an actor doing their own stunt, it's pretty pointless. People made a big deal about Angelina Jolie doing her own shit in Mr. and Mrs. Smith and the most notable stunt was an almost throwaway shot of her dropping down 30 stories by a wire.


Most leading men do their own fight choreography, many do their own stunts, and Cruise doesn't really do the kind of jaw-dropping stunts like people who are known for doing their own stunts (Chan, Jaa, etc.)

Basically, it's really not that big of a deal for most actors, which is why there's rarely more than a passing reference to when they do do their own stunts.