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The only two demands Tom Cruise had for 'Tropic Thunder'
Ben Stiller's 2008 showbiz satire 'Tropic Thunder' is full of comedic talents, but it's Tom Cruise who steals the show.
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Film » Cutting Room Floor
Thu 13 February 2025 3:30, UK
Tom Cruise is one of Hollywoodâs longest-standing movie stars, and when he signs on to a project, itâs pretty much guaranteed that heâll get what he wants. In general, this means doing his own stunts, but when heâs working in a movie that doesnât require any death-defying action sequences, he still brings a few demands.
The fact that he appeared in Ben Stillerâs cringeworthy 2008 showbiz satire Tropic Thunder at all is a minor miracle. He is a blockbuster guy. He might have ventured into critically acclaimed dramas in the late â90s with movies like Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia, but he hasnât made anything approaching an action-free cerebral Oscar contender since Robert Redfordâs Lions for Lambs in 2007, and even that was about war.
Before Tropic Thunder, he was similarly allergic to comedy. Having gotten his breakthrough in 1983âs Risky Business, he barely dipped a toe into comedic waters afterward, unless you count movies like Jerry Maguire and his cameo appearance in an Austin Powers sequel. But when his old pal Ben Stiller sent him the script for his next movie, he wanted to be a part of it.
Stiller originally offered Cruise the role of a talent agent, but the Top Gun star reminded him that heâd been there, done that in Jerry Maguire. It was Cruise himself who pointed out that the script was missing a studio executive, so Stiller and co-writers Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen dutifully wrote the role of Les Grossman, a balding, irreverent bloviator who is producing the Vietnam War movie within the story. âIt changed the whole plot of the movie but made it so much better,â Stiller said in an interview with Conan OâBrien in the Conan OâBrien Needs a Friend podcast.
When Cruise altered the script so radically, Stiller must have suspected that the star would have a few more rewrites and requests up his sleeve. He might have insisted on doing a completely unnecessary skydive. He might have insisted on scaling a cliff face to get to his boardroom. Instead, he wanted two very small things. âHe wanted to have big, thick forearms that were hairy,â Stiller recalled, and âhe wanted to dance.â
Sure enough, Les Grossman wears button-down shirts that are always rolled up to the elbows to put the hairy forearms on display, and he does indeed dance. It isnât just a little hip gyration after he finishes screaming at Matthew McConaugheyâs character. Set to Ludacrisâ âGet Back,â the routine takes place over the end credits and lasts for over two minutes. In a movie jam-packed with comedic talent, it steals the show.Â
âHe has an amazing instinct about movies,â Stiller said. âHeâs so smart⊠heâs a student of movies, and heâs just⊠he had this feeling like, âYou need this element to the story.ââ
Even though Cruise isnât known primarily for comedy, Stiller wasnât kidding when he said the star had a good instinct. In 1998, he singlehandedly saved Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels from the scrap heap long before Guy Ritchie was a known quantity.
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