Tom Cruise's daring aerial stunt upsets locals in quiet Oxford town

Tom Cruise was filming an aerial stunt in Oxfordshire on Monday (Getty)
Tom Cruise was filming an aerial stunt in Oxfordshire on Monday (Getty)

Tom Cruise has been upsetting locals again by performing one of his famous aerial stunts over an unsuspecting sleepy town.

The Hollywood actor, 62, was hard at work in Bicester, north Oxfordshire on Monday with footage posted online showing a plane flying manically above the town while a helicopter followed the flight path.

One disgruntled member of the public who had been affected responded: “So now I know who to complain to about flying low over my property!!! I demand an in person apology with flowers and a tux.”

Another wrote: “Saw the biplane and helicopter going back and forth this morning over Arncott.”

A third then penned: “Saw it this morning over Ambrosden ,wondered what was going on.”

Tom Cruise is set to reprise his role as Pete “Maverick“ Mitchell in Top Gun 3 next year (AP)
Tom Cruise is set to reprise his role as Pete “Maverick“ Mitchell in Top Gun 3 next year (AP)

Cruise appears to have even crossed counties, with another remarking: “They made it all the way to Buckingham today, two biplanes and a helicopter.”

It’s unknown which movie Cruise was filming for with production on Top Gun 3 and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 2 both scheduled to begin next year.

The daredevil actor is well-known however for throwing himself into dangerous stunts to make his films appear as real as possible.

In 2022, Cruise irked the cast and crew of Call The Midwife when filming the Mission Impossible franchise at the same place as the period medical drama at Longcross Studios in Surrey.

Actress Jenny Agutter, who plays Sister Julienne, said at the time: “Tom Cruise keeps on ruining our filming by landing his helicopter right outside where we’re shooting.”

Asked whether she had personally gone over to give the four-time Oscar nominee a telling off, Agutter joked to the Mirror: “In my habit! Imagine!

″‘Excuse me Tom, but look we’re trying to film. I don’t know about you, but just get your helicopter out of here quickly’!”