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Tom Cruise once starred in a very iconic role in the 2008 movie that would get canceled in today’s times. Starring in the role of Les Grossman inTropic Thunder,the actor found worldwide fame and love for portraying such an interesting character.
Talking about how Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t able to recognize the actor in the movie, and thus, ensued a hilarious tale of Kimmel waiting for Cruise throughout the whole movie but what he didn’t know was that the actor was already in the movie as Les Grossman.
When Jimmy Kimmel Didn’t Know Tom Cruise Was InTropic Thunder
The role of Les Grossman was a unique role. One, that no one could have imagined Tom Cruise to take up. Starring as an ill-tempered producer responsible for making the movie, Cruise portrayed the comedic role quite brilliantly.
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With the usage of prosthetics and makeup, the actor was almost unrecognizable in his look as Les Grossman. Alongside the audience, notable talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was also confused when he didn’t understand that Cruise was Les Grossman until after the movie when someone told him! In an interview onJimmy Kimmel Live!,a questionnaire of Would You Rather was asked. While asking some questions, the talk of Les Grossman came into discussion and Kimmel couldn’t control his laughter.
“Would you ride a shark like a cowboy?”asked Kimmel. TheTop Gunactor answered.“You know, I went diving with the whales, blue whales, a shark…it would depend. Great white? I don’t think they’d like that”.
As the interview went further on, Jimmy Kimmel asked Cruise,“Would you gain 100 pounds for a role?”andTom Cruisewas quick to reply“Les Grossman”.Jimmy Kimmel further continued his tale,
“I know I’ve told you this story before, but at the end of that movie I said to my…I said ‘I thought Tom Cruise was in this movie’ she’s like ‘You idiot. He was Les Grossman the whole time!'”
While portraying such an iconic character, his co-star from the 2008 movie, Robert Downey Jr. is ready to star in a sequel to the classic movie but only if Tom Cruise would return as Les Grossman too!
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Robert Downey Jr. Wants Tom Cruise’s Les Grossman Once More!
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Back in 2008,Tropic Thunderwas the only movie when Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise shared the screen together. Wanting the nostalgia back, the actor was asked in an interview byExtra TVif he would like to star in a sequel toTropic Thunder.Downey Jr. immediately said yes but only if Tom Cruise were to return alongside him.
“Look, all I’ll say is this, Tom Cruise and I have not done a project yet together. And that’s kind of a yes, and then we’ll figure out what the title is.”
The Les Grossman starrer earned a rating of 7.1/10 on IMDB and 82% on Rotten Tomatoes and is considered one of the classic movies of Hollywood.Tropic Thunderis available to rent on Apple TV+ in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
