Steve McQueen was the epitome of “cool.” He did his own driving during the chase scene in Bullit. Imagine today’s ‘roided up CGI altered pretty boys trying to do the same in Fast and Furious.
Steve McQueen also did his own stunt work on the motorcycle in The Great Escape. That was one of the best parts of the movie.
Tom Cruise does his some of his own motorcycle and car stunt work. He’s a pretty decent rider/driver/pilot.
I think he drove most of the car scene in Jack Reacher.
It’s been well known by movie buffs for years that Steve only drove about 10% of the ‘Chase’ scenes in the movie...and in none of the scenes that could have killed him.