Tom Cruise may be best known for performing wild stunts in the Mission: Impossible movies, but he’s just as capable in serious, dramatic roles that require no stunts. Cruise has been nominated for Oscars for performances in movies like Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire, and Magnolia, but I think his best dramatic work came in the legal drama A Few Good Men.
Cruise didn’t get an Oscar nomination for that film, but one actor who did was Jack Nicholson. The courtroom battle between the two acting giants is one of the most well-known moments in film history. Speaking with BFI’s Sight & Sound (via Deadline), Cruise remembered the scene, and most importantly, remembered working with Jack Nicholson. Cruise praised the veteran, saying:
