The information that Tom Cruise demanded “real work” in the hit movie 24 years ago surprised many people.
The movie Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Mission: Impossible Part One ) starring Tom Cruise has just been released in mid-July. In the film, Tom Cruise himself performs difficult and dangerous action scenes. dangerous without a stunt even though the actor turned 61. The dedication to the art of the Hollywood actor made many viewers admire.
Recently, the HK01 newspaper suddenly “reopened” the information that Tom Cruise asked to play a real hot scene in the movie Eyes Wide Shut (1999) . Co-star in Eyes Wide Shut was Nicole Kidman – then the real-life wife of Tom Cruise (the couple divorced in 2001).
HK01 said that when playing Eyes Wide Shut , the actor born in 1952 refused to use a stuntman, insisting on “doing it real” with his wife Nicole Kidman. However, Nicole Kidman refused her husband’s request.
The star born in 1967 once answered in an interview: “Tom wanted to do all the sex scenes in the movie for real, but I didn’t. At that time, I was not at the filming site at that time. The director Stanley Kubrick called me and said Tom wanted to do a live sex scene. Hearing that, I went back home immediately. After that, the crew found a stuntman to do the scenes for me. hot with Tom”.
Kidman’s refusal to play a real hot scene with his on-screen husband surprised many people. Explaining why she did not agree to act hot scenes with her husband, Nicole Kidman said that the naked hot scenes in the film were too much for her.
“I admire and admire actors who perform dangerous scenes, even hot scenes. But playing love scenes with Tom seems quite dangerous, I think I should not take such risks. The scenes are important. It’s so important, so let the stuntman complete,” added Nicole Kidman.
This information surprised many viewers because Eyes Wide Shut has so far been classified as one of the films with the most daring hot scenes on the screen. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2012, Kidman said she was lured by director Kubrick to act in hot scenes right from the start of filming. However, “Australian swan” does not give more details about the process of filming love scenes.
After divorcing Tom in 2001, Kidman also confirmed that Eyes Wide Shut was not the reason why she and the famous actor went their separate ways. “People thought that the beginning of filming was also the end of my marriage. But I don’t think so,” Nicole Kidman said.
While Tom was accused by his ex-wife of asking for a real hot scene, another of his co-stars – Lea Thompson praised the actor all the way. Tom and Lea Thompson co-starred in the movie All the Right Moves (1983) . Thompson said, according to the script, she has two scenes showing her breasts in the movie. However, the actress did not go to the audition because she did not want to take off her clothes on screen. In the end, Lea Thompson still got the role.
At that time, Tom – her main co-star tried to convince the film crew to reduce the nude scene for Lea Thompson. “If Tom wants to have a nude scene, I will not hesitate. He is not only handsome but also cares about his co-stars. I am always grateful to Tom for daring to confront the producer,” Lea Thompson said .
At the time of filming All the Right Moves , Tom Cruise was only in his twenties, not yet a famous name in the movie industry, but dared to speak out for his female co-star.