Gina Gershon almost broke Tom Cruise's nose
Gina Gershon almost broke Tom Cruise's nose when he tickled her during a love scene.
The 63-year-old actress appeared opposite the Top Gun star in 1988 movie Cocktail and she's revealed she accidentally kicked him in the face and left him covered in blood while they were filming a romantic scene in bed together.
She told the Guardian newspaper: "I almost broke his nose. I had never done a love scene before and it was going to be with Tom Cruise. I thought: God, I get paid for this. He was so cute. I had a crush on him immediately. He was very protective and very much a gentleman, saying: 'Let's keep you covered.' He was very concerned ...
"I'd told him I was very ticklish, because he had started to tickle me earlier. I said: 'Just don't do that. I lose control because I was tortured as a child by my brother'.
"Right before the take, he was down there and grabbed my waist in a tickly, sweet manner. I didn't mean to, but I had a kneejerk reaction right into his nose.
"It was full of blood. I thought: I just broke Tom Cruise's nose."
Gershon admits she felt terrible about the accident and feared she'd never work in Hollywood again - but Cruise was very "kind" and "sweet".
She added: " I [thought I] will never work in Hollywood again. I was mortified because I really kicked him good. I didn't mean to.
"He said: 'Nope. My bad. You warned me.' I remember thinking: this guy is a movie star. He deserves everything he gets.
"He was just so kind and so sweet with me in a situation where I was quite vulnerable."
Gershon also starred in 1995 erotic drama Showgirls and she previously admitted she was terrified for her career after the movie bombed at the box office.
She told The Independent newspaper: "I realised I have a lot of PTSD around that movie ... They were like, this is gonna be huge – but I knew it was going to be a disaster.
"I was always happy with my work in it, but I knew that it was not going to be what people thought it would be. And I was scared, so I just told my agents, 'Get me another job before Showgirls comes out. I need to show that I really am an actress'."
However, she's pleased the film - which follows a woman who hitchhikes to Las Vegas to pursue her dreams of being a showgirl - is being seen in a new light these days.
She added: "Showgirls was shunned, but now it's 30 years later, and screenings of it are selling out, and people love it."
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