Tom Cruise the American actor and producer has been one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. He has received many kinds of accolades for his amazing performances. He is a brilliant actor who has carried a great aura and charm all through his career.

While we know a lot about him and his noteworthy films, we take a moment or two to tell you something that you might not know about Tom Cruise.

Well, so we get to the lesser-known facts about the man!!

Here we go!!

Do you know that Tom Cruise overcame dyslexia Scientology techniques? Well, as a child, he was diagnosed for this, and there are reports where Cruise has stated of his memory problems while reading as a child. Now, he is a great reader and takes pride in reading and educating himself.

Well, do you know the fact that Tom Cruise was about to land himself into the shoes of the Iron Man in the Marvel Studio series? This was before Robert Downey Jr, got the role for himself. We hear that Cruise turned down the role.

Acting happened to him by chance. In fact, Tom Cruise in his growing up days was too much into wrestling. He was even a member of his school wrestling team. However, a nasty injury on his knee forced him to stop wrestling. In order to get over this sorrow, he auditioned for a school play and the rest as we know, is that he turned out to be one of the most amazing actors.

We know for sure that Tom Cruise has always had a penchant for stunts from an early age. When he was a 12-years old, he saved his money and bought himself a motorcycle. But it was a pity that he banged his motorcycle between two cars!! Ouch!!

Did you know these lesser-known facts of Tom Cruise?