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 ...

Before “Rain Man” cemented him as a huge household name in 1988, Tom Cruise was already gaining recognition with roles […] ...

"Look, if you don’t do it I’m going to go over there and tell him who you are," Tom Cruise recalled ... a year later he sent me Rain Man." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free ...

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

Tom Cruise has shared the serendipitous tale of how he bagged his part in the Oscar-laden film Rain Man, thanks to a random ... Edith Bowman with the story of spotting Hoffman while grabbing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Playing a rock star in Rock of Ages apparently didn’t satisfy Tom Cruise ... later he sent Rain Man.” Speaking about Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 film Magnolia, in which Cruise plays ...