When Tropic Thunder hit theaters in 2008, no one expected that Tom Cruise would be the movie’s breakout comedy star. He was buried under prosthetics, a fat suit, and a bald cap to play Les Grossman, a foul-mouthed Hollywood producer.
However, this wasn’t just a random caricature, but possibly a personal jab at billionaire mogul Sumner Redstone, who publicly humiliated Cruise (via Far Out Magazine). Now, in 2025, director Christopher McQuarrie revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he and Cruise have discussed making a standalone film on Les Grossman.
He called their exchanges about the matter extremely “funny,” and said they were “having very serious conversations about it.
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