Tom Cruise Sort-Of Revived Les Grossman For Conan At Comic-Con

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By now, you’re in all probability conscious that Tom Cruise shocked the Hall H crowd at San Diego Comic-Con with the Top Gun: Maverick trailer. Within these jiffy, Cruise did the fighter-jet factor, and naturally, there was a touch of a volleyball match happening as a result of you possibly can’t make a Top Gun sequel with out reliving that iconic scene in some kind. Yet when Cruise actually felt the necessity for velocity, he pulled up a chair with Conan O’Brien and talked about one in every of his different legendary characters, Les Grossman from Tropic Thunder. Even although the unhinged studio govt didn’t have a ton of screentime in that 2008 film, Cruise nonetheless made an enduring impression along with his mood tantrums and wild dance strikes, to not point out the “f*ck your own face” line.

It might have been one in every of his most daring performances. Yes, Tom Cruise dangles off the aspect of airplanes for the Mission Impossible franchise, however with Les Grossman, he actually went the additional mile. Dance courses, prosthetics, a bald cap, and profanity? That’s a spot the place Cruise has by no means traveled till Ben Stiller approached him for the film (with Cruise’s situations for signing on being “I wanna have fat hands, and I’m gonna dance,” as he reminded Conan). And though Cruise didn’t relive the Les Grossman costume, Conan managed to coax the A-lister into doing a few of these dance strikes. Oh sure, Cruise uttered his the above line of dialogue. It was a surreal journey down reminiscence lane, and you’ll watch under.

Just for kicks, right here’s a photograph Tom/Les performing alongside Jennifer Lopez on the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. Yep, undoubtedly his most interesting character ever.

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