Tom Cruise has revealed he landed his role in the Oscar-winning film Rain Man after a chance encounter inside a London ...

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 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 ...

The Hollywood star credits his sister for pushing him to speak to Hoffman, leading to his breakout dramatic role.

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'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’s sister helped him land a role in ‘Rain Man’ because she forced him to introduce himself to Dustin Hoffman. The actor has revealed he was having dinner with his younger sister, Cass, at a ...

“I saw this show, Comic Book Men? They just sit around and talk about comic books ... but now you’d have to be Tom Cruise to get something like that to work. Hell, that was the case 40 years ago, too.