Tom Cruise saved Samantha Harris from getting crushed by a '500-pound' motorcycle

Tom Cruise saved Samantha Harris from getting crushed by a ‘500-pound’ motorcycle recounts a high-stakes on-set incident during a promotional shoot in Seville, Spain. Harris, the Dancing with the Stars host, said she had been advised not to ride motorcycles, but during filming for Tom Cruise’s 2010 film Knight and Day, she asked to sit on a Ducati. She explained that the shoot involved a closed course, multiple cameras, and fans, and that the motorcycle was meant as part of a planned chase with a stunt rider, not as her role. Harris said the roughly 500‑pound Ducati began to tip while she was trying to get on, and Cruise reacted by getting under the bike, using both arms to push it upright as she feared being crushed. Cruise then encouraged a second attempt, after which the motorcycle ride proceeded through Seville, with the moment later shown on TV.