Remember when Tom Cruise played a shystie studio executive in Tropic Thunder, but it took us all a little bit to recognize him because he was in a fat suit? All Cruise’s idea. Cruise told Conan and the San Diego Comic-Con audience that when Ben Stiller approached him for the role, he had two conditions: “I wanna have fat hands, and I’m gonna dance.†Apparently Cruise takes classes all of the time and incorporates what he learns into characters. For Grossman, Cruise brought back his old hip-hop dance training. To Stiller’s consternation, he insisted that he bring back his old hip-hop dance training. And now we have a gif that won’t die. So never doubt the instincts of Tom Cruise.
Conan: How Tom Cruise Embodied Tropic Thunder’s Les Grossman
