The 2002 scene Tom Cruise was blackmailed into shooting: “Don’t worry if you can’t do it”

The 2002 scene Tom Cruise was blackmailed into shooting: “Don’t worry if you can’t do it”Telling Tom Cruise that he can’t or doesn’t have to do something himself is like waving a red flag in front of a bull, so when a director indulged in a little emotional blackmail, he was more determined than ever to shoot a particularly tricky scene himself. However, as simple as it sounds, it required a highly specific gesture from the star, and it was easier said than done. “Don’t worry if you can’t do it,” the filmmaker told him. “I had to figure out how to get the air, and then just control my nostril.” Or, as the three-time Academy Award-winning legend put it, “This is something that Lee Strasberg can’t teach.”