Tom Cruise is one of the biggest stuntmen in Hollywood. He is known for performing some of the toughest stunts in his movies. The ‘Mission Impossible’ movies are an example of his skills as an action hero. However, there was one stunt performed by him that made him throw up.
Today we will take a look at the stunt in question. Tom Cruise’s 1983 film ‘The Outsiders’ is the movie in question. He talked about his experience on ‘The Graham Show’. So let’s take a look.
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What Was Tom Cruise’s Stunt That Made Him Vomit?
Tom Cruise’s dedication to his work is always at its best. He has shown all the marks of a true actor who can surpass any odds and excel in the role. This includes not only his roles in the action genre but others as well.
However, his role in ‘The Outsiders’ made him hate chocolate cake for quite a while. You might be surprised as to why someone would hate such a delicious dessert. The reason is what Cruise talked about on The Graham Show. The stunt that made him vomit involved him overeating chocolate cakes.
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Tom Cruise On The Chocolate Cake Incident
For his 1983 film ‘The Outsiders‘, Cruise’s character Steve Randle had to eat chocolate cakes. And at first Cruise was very happy that he got to eat chocolate cakes for the movie. However, soon the happiness turned into a nightmare.
“I was like, ‘You know what, I’m going to eat chocolate cake in this scene,” Cruise said. “I thought, because I had to do it in the scene, it’s part of the character, I’m going to eat chocolate cake.”
Cruise further added, “We ended up shooting this scene for three days, we did like 100 takes of me eating chocolate cake, and I had to keep eating it.”
Cruise further went on to say, “The first couple of takes, I was like ‘This is so good, it was so moist. And then it was like, ‘Oh my gosh, did we get it? Three days of Francis [Ford Coppola] saying, ‘Let’s do it again.’ I was in sugar shock, I was vomiting.”
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