{"id":7353,"date":"2025-05-11T23:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=7353"},"modified":"2025-05-15T18:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:18:43","slug":"tom-cruise-praises-brilliant-mickey-rourke-after-cbb-star-infamously-slammed-him-as-irrelevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/tom-cruise-praises-brilliant-mickey-rourke-after-cbb-star-infamously-slammed-him-as-irrelevant\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise praises \u2018brilliant\u2019 Mickey Rourke after CBB star infamously slammed him as \u2018irrelevant\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Cruise has heaped praise on Mickey Rourke after being sensationally slammed by the actor (Picture: Don Arnold\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tom Cruise<\/a> has praised Mickey Rourke<\/a> as a \u2018brilliant\u2019 actor after the controversial Celebrity Big Brother<\/a> star infamously slammed the Hollywood icon as \u2018irrelevant\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on Piers Morgan<\/a> Uncensored in July 2022, Rourke made headlines for accusing Cruise of \u2018doing the same effing part for 35 years\u2019, adding that he had \u2018no respect for that\u2019.<\/p>\n

When Morgan then pressed the actor and former professional boxer<\/a> on whether he thought Cruise was a good actor or not, the past Oscar nominee announced Cruise was \u2018irrelevant in my world\u2019.<\/p>\n

But there appear to be no hard feelings on the part of Cruise, who appeared at BFI Southbank on Sunday for a special in conversation event to celebrate his career and new release, Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning, ahead of being given the organisation\u2019s highest honour, the BFI Fellowship.<\/p>\n

The Top Gun actor and producer, 62, reflected on the busy start to his career, which saw interest \u2018happen fast\u2019 after the release of just his second credited role, in 1981 military cadet drama Taps.<\/p>\n

However, he told host Edith Bowman that his \u2018opportunities grew\u2019 after his breakout role in Risky Business two years later, which he chose over working with Francis Ford Coppola a second time on Rumble Fish \u2013 a movie in which Rourke ended up starring alongside Matt Dillon and Dennis Hopper.<\/p>\n

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It seems there are no hard feelings concerning Rourke from where Cruise stands (Picture: Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty Images for Paramount)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reflecting on the whirlwind of his career during the early 80s, Cruise told the audience \u2013 including Metro<\/strong> \u2013 that he had undertaken workshop-style auditions and rehearsals for Coppola to work on their collaboration, The Outsiders.<\/p>\n

And this is where Cruise remembers crossing paths with Rourke, now 72, and being impressed \u2013 even a little starstruck \u2013 by the older actor.<\/p>\n

\u2018We all rehearsed, and it was an amazing experience \u2013 here we are, two generations of actors and actresses are all doing workshops together, and it\u2019s an audition process. So I saw all of these incredible young actors,\u2019 Cruise recalled.<\/p>\n

\u2018Mickey Rourke came in. He was older than us, he was like 26, and he was, like, Mickey Rourke<\/em>! You know, Body Heat \u2013 and just a brilliant actor. Yeah, he was amazing,\u2019 the Mission: Impossible star enthused over his fellow actor.<\/p>\n

Rourke impressed in small roles in Heaven\u2019s Gate (1980) and 1981\u2019s Body Heat, where he played a bombmaker, before winning acclaim for Diner in 1982 and bagging his first leading role in Coppola\u2019s Rumble Fish.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t end up co-starring with Cruise, though, who opted to do Risky Business instead, but shared that he was still grateful to have worked with Megalopolis filmmaker Coppola so early in his career.<\/p>\n

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Celebrity Big Brother star Rourke hit out at Cruise for being ‘irrelevant’ in 2022 (Picture: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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