--- title: Tom Cruise Can't Stop Laughing at These Memes of Him description: The 'Mummy' actor had quite a hilarious reaction to finally seeing the memes that have been made of him clinging to random objects. canonical: https://time.com/4816788/tom-cruise-laughing-memes/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-13T18:20:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:28.027Z og:title: Tom Cruise Can't Stop Laughing at His Memes in This Video og:description: Pictures of #TomCruiseClinging really made the 'Mummy' star's day og:url: https://time.com/4816788/tom-cruise-laughing-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Cruise Can't Stop Laughing at His Memes in This Video twitter:description: Pictures of #TomCruiseClinging really made the 'Mummy' star's day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Tom Cruise Can't Stop Crying and Laughing at His Hilarious Memes > Sponsored content. 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But there was one thing that the [_Mummy_ star](http://time.com/4790471/the-mummy-dark-universe-monster-franchise/) had never seen before: a series of viral memes of the action hero clinging to a things. During a video interview for [BBC Radio 1](http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p053nt31/movies-that-made-me-tom-cruises-greatest-stunts), Cruise and reporter Ali Plumb reflected on some of his most iconic film moments, before jumping into the important stuff: his viral fame. “Are you aware of the [#TomCruiseClinging](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tom-cruise-clinging) off things meme?” Plumb asked. When Cruise admitted he was not, the reporter busted out some of his favorite shots on his phone. There was Tom Cruise clinging to Free Willy in midair; there were a number of Tom Cruises arranged artfully around the fluffy face of a cat; there was Tom Cruise hanging on to the edge of an elevator shaft while [Darth Maul](http://time.com/4112165/every-star-wars-death/item/darth-maul/) plummets to his doom; there was a tiny Tom Cruise chilling off the side of [Nicolas Cage](http://time.com/3942905/nicolas-cage-game-of-thrones/)‘s larger-than-life face. During this display of Photoshopped meme images, Cruise simply could not contain himself. “That’s fantastic,” he exclaimed. “Oh my god, why didn’t anyone show me that before? That is hilarious!” In fact, Cruise ended up in such knee-slapping hysterics that he had to ask for a glass of water to regain his composure. The #TomCruiseClinging meme has actually been around since 2015, according to [Know Your Meme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tom-cruise-clinging), when Photoshop wizards began working their magic on a still of Cruise hanging in midair from the trailer of [_Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation_](http://time.com/3908784/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-trailer-2/). In the stunt — which Cruise performed himself, with no green screen — he is clinging to a jet as it takes off, making it one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done, [by his own admission.](https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-5-plane-scene-114408961566.html) Luckily, his willingness to push his own limits has resulted in internet infamy. Thanks, memes, for keeping a legendary scene alive — and thanks for giving Tom Cruise a good laugh. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4816788/tom-cruise-laughing-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4816788/tom-cruise-laughing-memes/"},"headline":"Tom Cruise Can't Stop Crying and Laughing at His Hilarious Memes","datePublished":"2017-06-13T18:20:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:28.027Z","description":"The 'Mummy' actor had quite a hilarious reaction to finally seeing the memes that have been made of him clinging to random objects.","url":"https://time.com/4816788/tom-cruise-laughing-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","tom cruise"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4816788/tom-cruise-laughing-memes/","name":"Tom Cruise Can't Stop Crying and Laughing at His Hilarious Memes"}}]}] ```