But that wasn’t how Cruise saw Frank T.J. Mackey, and he invited the “Boogie Nights” filmmaker over to his screening room and set the stage for a performance. “And I lit it … and I had the whole music, and I basically wrote the opening monologue … my version,” Cruise remembered.

Tom Cruise is one of the biggest stars in the world now, but a long time ago he got his start in an '80s drama featuring a Mandalorian co-star.

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In the next episode, Fielder rehearses a hearing where he would present the wisdom he won during the season about aviation safety to Congress. “Mr. Fielder, where does your sense of altruism come from?

"F1" director Joseph Kosinski most recently directed Cruise, famous for doing his own stunts, in "Top Gun: Maverick."