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Action star Tom Cruise is known for his intense commitment to his roles. As the lead in theMission Impossiblefranchise, the actor has scaled the Burj Khalifa, hung from a cliff without ropes, performed an intense action scene underwater, broke his foot while jumping from one building to another, and then jumped off a cliff with a motorbike.
However, the actor’s stunts are not just limited to the outside. Cruise, who performs his own stunts, once seems to have claimed that he refused to use a body double during a s*x scene in Stanley Kubrick’s last filmEyes Wide Shut.
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Tom Cruise InEyes Wide Shut
Based on a novel by Austrian author Arthur Schnitzer, theTom CruisestarrerEyes Wide Shutwas directed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick. It was the final film he directed as he passed away soon after showing the final cut to Warner Brothers studio. The film follows the story of Bill, played by Tom Cruise, a doctor who goes on a two-day spree of s*xual encounters and cult-like rituals after knowing that his wife was considering having an affair.
Kubrick termed the film as his ‘greatest contribution to cinema’, and was planning on adapting the novel since the 1960s. The director offered the role of Bill and Alice Harford to real-life husband and wife Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman after meeting them at his estate. He also made sure that they did not commit to any other project until the film was complete.
The theatrical cut of the film had several explicit scenes removed to secure an R-rating. However, the uncensored version was released on home video. The film opened to positive reviews and was considered to be one of the greatest films of the 1990s. It earned over $162 million at the box office against a $65 million budget.
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Did Tom Cruise Actually Perform The S*x Scenes InEyes Wide Shut?
Stanley Kubrick made it a point to keep many aspects of the production a secret. He was known for his tight-lipped secrecy during the filming process and even during promotional campaigns, nothing about the film was revealed. Kubrick is also known for pushing his actors to their limits, Tom Cruise is also an actor who does not back down.
According to the entertainment website Hard Drive, Cruise once claimed that he performed the s*x scenes featured in the film by himself. He also revealed that he refused to use a body double, despite director Kubrick’s insistence on the same. He said,
“How do I do it? Simple: speed, endurance, strategy, energy, speed…Stanley would tell me ‘Tom, we can use a double.’ ‘Tom, usually we cut around and you don’t actually have sx.’ ‘Tom, why are you wearing a large prosthetic pnis?’ The man could direct, but Tom Cruise doesn’t bow down to a challenge.”
However, the tone of the article seems to be satirical and there are chances that the above statements might not be true. The article also claims that Tom Cruise even performed the scenes during the o*gy. His statement read,
“That fcking? That scking? It was all CRUISE, baby! Even the scenes where I’m just walking around in the ogy…that sit’s ALL ME…If the script says ‘Tom fcks’ then Tommy fcks, I’ll tell you that much.”
The phrasing of the article seems to be very off-character for Cruise, and there are no reports that confirm that Tom Cruise had s*x in the film for real. However, the actor’s reputation for performing his own stunts does speak for itself. Is this satire or just a case of overconfidence from the actor? The viewers should decide on this one.
Source:Hard Drive
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Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
