Mark Billingham | Tom Cruise’s Bodyguard

Tom Cruise once had Mark Billingham as his bodyguard, and it might be the best decision he ever made. Billingham had been a bodyguard to many Hollywood A-list stars. With his 27 years of experience in the army, he surely knows to protect his clients, and did you know from whom he saved Cruise before? It’s from none other than his then-girlfriend, Penelope Cruz. Here’s the funny story about it.

Billingham, who is now an author, revealed in his book, The Hard Way: Adapt, Survive and Win, that he rushed to protect the actor from someone he thought would attack him. He put the Mission Impossible star into safety and held the culprit under his arm. He was in protective mode when he suddenly realized the assailant he caught was Cruz herself. Cruise just laughed about it and probably gave Billingham credits for his absolute protection.