Michael Caine Shares The One Thing Tom Cruise Asked Him When They First Met 40 Years Ago
deadline.comMichael Caine has shared that a young Tom Cruise asked him for career advice when the pair first met 40 years ago. Double Oscar winner Caine, now 91, has penned his memoir called “Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over” and in an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper he revealed that he met the future superstar at an event for Caine’s film Educating Rita, back in 1983.
The British actor recalled: “I turned around and there was this young actor, very polite, asking questions about how not to be just a flash in the pan.
That was Tom, probably around the time of Risky Business. “I can’t remember what I said, but it obviously didn’t do him any harm!
There was something special about him. He had a great attitude, this sense of poise. What interests me is that he is really one of the last true stars in movies.
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