Tom Cruise's sister Cass helped him get his role in 1988's Rain Man by encouraging him to introduce himself to Dustin Hoffman ...

Tom Cruise has revealed the story of how he landed his role opposite Dustin Hoffman in 1988’s Rain Man.

Tom Cruise revealed that his sister helped him land a lead role in the 1988 movie Rain Man. While speaking at a BFI event in ...

Tom Cruise has revealed he landed his role in the Oscar-winning film Rain Man after a chance encounter inside a London takeaway with the film's star Dustin Hoffman. Speaking at BFI Southbank ...

Tom Cruise's sister Cass helped him get his ... no ma’am. . . And basically a year later he sent me Rain Man." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up ...

The first performance that earned Cruise an Oscar nomination was 1989’s Born of the Fourth of July, where he played the ...

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Tom Cruise might ... up about how he landed Rain Man—and, surprisingly, it all started with his sister Cass and a bold move at a New York restaurant. Back in 1984, Cruise had just wrapped ...

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