Tom Cruise had two bizarre requests for Tropic Thunder, according to Ben Stiller

Tom Cruise as Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder
(Image credit: Dreamworks)

Tropic Thunder star and director Ben Stiller has revealed the bizarre requests Tom Cruise had for his cha🌼ract🐭er.

Cruise played Le꧂s Grossman in the movie, a studio executive with a bad temper who was producing the fictional Tropic Thunder film.

, adding: "And he wanted to dance."

Stiller went on to say that he originally wanted Cruise to play his own part in the movie, but ultimately, Cruise ended ౠup having the idea for a studio executive character. "And so we went back and came up with Les Grossman, and it changed the who🤡le plot of the movie," Stiller said. "But made it so much better."

Along with Cruise and Stiller, T💜ropic Thu꧟nder also stars Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Nick Nolte, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Matthew McConaughey, Brandon T. Jackson, Brandon Soo Hoo, and Reggie Lee.

Stiller's latest project is Severance season 2, which is currently releasing on Apple TV Plus. "We had no idea if anybody would even watch or get [into it], but it's a different kind of thing when people had watched the show and really gotten into it," 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Still🐷er told us on a season 2 set visit.♈ "The fans have gotten into it. So you do feel like you want to give them something that's worth the wait."

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Molly Edwards
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