Gina Gershon praises Tom Cruise for being a 'gentleman' during their first on-screen love scene.
During an episode of “Watch What Happens Live,” Gershon, who is currently promoting his film “Borderlands” with Cate Blanchett, shared some of the intimate details of what it was like filming a sex scene with Cruise in the 1988 movie “Cocktail” and explained why he was so “protective” of her, despite nearly breaking her nose on set.
“He had just gotten married,” Gershon said of the “Top Gun” actor, who at the time was married to Mimi Rogers. “But we kissed as much as we could. Every scene we were like, 'Should we kiss in the scene?' 'Oh yeah, I think we should kiss.' It was my first love scene.”
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Gina Gershon said Tom Cruise was a “gentleman” while filming their first love scene. (Getty Images)
“And he took care of you?” Cohen asked.
“He was a gentleman,” Gershon said. “It all starts under the sheets, and I told him I was really ticklish. I said, 'No, no, don't ever do that.' On one take, I think he wanted a reaction, and he grabbed my stomach and I kneed him in the nose. I was like, 'Oh my God! I just broke Tom Cruise's nose.' He was like, 'No, you told me. It's my fault.' He was very protective of me.”
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Cruise played a young waiter in the 1988 film. (The Everett Collection)
“He was very protective of me. It was great,” Gershon added.
In “Cocktail,” Cruise played a business student turned waiter who finds love with an artist while working in Jamaica. The film also starred Bryan Brown, Laurence Luckinbill and Lisa Banes.
“In one take, I think he wanted a reaction, he grabbed my stomach and I kneed him in the nose. I was like, 'Oh my God! I just broke Tom Cruise's nose.'”
In stark contrast to Gershon's anecdote, Rob Lowe, who starred alongside Cruise in the 1983 film “The Outsiders,” recently detailed the moment he was “completely” knocked out by a “competitive” Cruise during a fight scene.
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Rob Lowe in “The Outsiders”. (Getty Images)
Lowe and Cruise met in 1980, when they were just teenagers and the “Mission: Impossible” star was living with Emilio Estevez. The 18-year-old actor had just finished filming “Taps,” according to Lowe.
He explained that he has many “favorite” Cruise moments, but the one on the set of “The Outsiders” It has always stayed with him.
“He's so competitive that we used to box in the hallway of the hotel we were staying at during 'Outsiders,'” Lowe said during an episode of “The Rich Eisen Show.“Too much testosterone. We're 18-year-old kids stuck in a certain place. So we wore helmets and mouthguards, but we trained legitimately.”
Rob Lowe said Tom Cruise knocked him out during a fight scene. (Getty Images)
In one particular boxing match, Cruise “completely” knocked out Lowe.
“And I remember Tom was muscular and I had arms like pipe cleaners,” the actor recalled.
“But I hit him hard, the bell rang and all of a sudden I woke up and I was waking up on the floor,” Lowe added. “And he completely knocked me out.”
“His eyes went black, but that's what we did. That's what kids do. It's like 'Fight Club.'”
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Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
