Tom Cruise Rainy It was a mega-hit film, winning public applause and price awards. But how he won the role – he said now – was due to his little sister.
At BFI, where the Top gun Star should receive the BFI scholarship, he remembers having lunch with his sister Cass in a restaurant in New York. She spotted Dustin Hoffman, her co-star in the 1988 film there.
“She said,” There is Dustin Hoffman. I looked up and he was there, in a hat – he was “the death of a seller” – and he commanded take -out dishes, “added the 62 -year -old man.
He continued: “She said,” You go there and say hello. I said to myself: “I’m not going to say hello”. She says: “You know him, you know his films”. And she doesn’t do things like that.
Tom said that despite his hesitation, his sister doubled on him to meet Dustin.
“If you don’t do it, I’m just going to go there and tell him who you are.” Cruise replied: “He won’t know who I am, it’s going to be really humiliating!”
Cass ends with “ Impossible mission Star remembers that he gave in. “I said:” Excuse me, Mr. Hoffman, I’m sorry … “And he said:” Cruise! “”
After the meeting, Dustin invited Tom and his sister to his show, Death of a seller.
“Leaving, he said,” I want to make a film with you. And I said, “It would be good, sir,” recalls Tom of the conversation when they were both behind the scenes. “And that’s what happened, and fundamentally a year later, he sent” Rain Man “.”
At the Oscars, Rainy received eight lead nods, winning four Oscars: the best film, the best director, the best actor (for Dustin) and the best original screenplay.
