Michael Caine met Tom Cruise across the time of 1983’s Dangerous Business, remembering him desirous to discover ways to keep within the enterprise.
At 91 and with greater than 70 years(!) within the trade, Michael Caine has clearly come throughout a number of the strongest skills to ever hit the display screen. However one which stood out even at first of his profession was Tom Cruise, who Michael Caine remembers as a dynamic, keen up-and-comer who wished to make a reputation in Hollywood.
Talking with The Sunday Occasions, Michael Caine recalled the primary time he met Tom Cruise. “I’ve known Tom for more than 40 years. We were doing a big event for Educating Rita (1983) and I turned around and there was this young actor, very polite, asking questions about how not to be just a flash in the pan. That was Tom, probably around the time of Risky Business.” Needless to say Cruise was simply now attempting to get his film stardom going, with 1983 being his actual breakout yr after supporting roles in movies like Faucets and Limitless Love.
Whereas Michael Caine doesn’t bear in mind the specifics of that dialog, Tom Cruise stood out in a big manner, setting himself up as one of many best lovers of cinema in our time. “I can’t remember what I said, but it obviously didn’t do him any harm! There was something special about him. He had a great attitude, this sense of poise. What interests me is that he is really one of the last true stars in movies. People will go to see a film just because he’s in it. Brad Pitt is a star, Morgan Freeman has some of that quality too. There are so few nowadays — not like John Wayne or Humphrey Bogart or Cary Grant.”
Notably, Michael Caine and Tom Cruise have by no means shared the display screen in a significant manner, though Cruise did cameo in Austin Powers in Goldmember (as himself, starring in Austinpussy), during which Caine performed the true Austin’s father Nigel. Even nonetheless, Cruise and Caine have remained tight sufficient for Cruise to flip up at Caine’s ninetieth celebration final yr.
We may think about Michael Caine and Tom Cruise making an incredible crew on the silver display screen, however sadly, that may by no means occur. For starters, Cruise is just too busy hanging off of airplanes and chilling out on skyscrapers, which don’t precisely appear up Caine’s alley; additional, Caine has formally retired, along with his closing position having been final yr’s The Nice Escaper.
