Tom Cruise Reveals How Meeting Dustin Hoffman Got 'Rain Man' Made

Before he was offered the choice of joining the IMF as agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Tom Cruise spent years trying to prove he was more than just an action star. He worked with celebrated directors Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, and eventually, he was able to show his acting chops in the comedy-drama Rain Man. Directed by Barry Levinson, Rain Man was groundbreaking for Cruise, but getting the role in it wasn’t exactly in his plans, and he has now revealed what he had to do in order to get the part.
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