The actor Tom Cruise 62, recalled his partnership with the legendary director Stanley Kubrick In the movie “Eye -tuned ”(1999), next to the actress Nicole Kidman 57, your ex-wife.
Top Gun’s star revealed that he was the one who indicated the then partner, with whom he was married from 1990 until 2001, to act by his side as Alice Harford on the thriller, because he believed she was the ideal person for the role.
In an interview with Sight and Sound magazine of British Film Institute (BFI), Tom explained: “I flew to his house (Kubrick) and landed in the backyard. I read the script the day before and spent the day talking about it. I knew all his movies. So, basically, we got to know it. And when we were doing it, I suggested that Nicole played the role. She is a great actress. ”
The production of “very closed eyes” lasted 400 days, and Tom even talked to Kubrick -who died of heart attack at age 70, before the release of the film -about his commitment to the work.
“I knew it would be a long shoot. He said, ‘No, no, no. Let’s finish in three or four months.’ And I said, ‘Stanley, look, I’m here for you. For whatever you need, we’ll do it.’ How we can work together and really create something very special, ”he said.
The Hollywood icon also commented on the thrill of acting again with Val Kilmer, who died last month at age 65 as a result of health complications. The two played in the two films of the “Top Gun” franchise.
“I felt very grateful that he decided to make the movie. We endeavored a lot to put it in the movie. At first, he just didn’t want to do it,” he added.
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