Tom Cruise Lock Stock Two Smoking Barrels
by Professional Portal ☀️: Tom Cruise
When 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' (1998) couldn't secure a U.S. distributor, Trudie Styler convinced Tom Cruise to attend a buyers' screening. Producer Matthew Vaughn described the moment as "hysterical," noting that executives immediately "sat up and paid attention" once Cruise arrived.
Transcript (en)
Here, one price. £10. Did you say £10? Are you deaf? That's a bargain. I'll take one. Squeeze it! Treat the wife. Treat somebody else's wife. It's a lot more fun if you don't get caught. Hold on, you want one as well? Okay, darling, show me a bit of life then. It's no good standing out there like one o'clock, half-struck. Stop sober cabbages. Vacant causes. Shit! Who do you got?
