Rob Lowe says that Tom Cruise denied him two roles he wanted: Top Gun and Jerry Maguire. Lowe used the word "dastardly" to describe the rivalry. He stressed there is no hard feelings between them.
Nicole Kidman, Cruise's former wife, once said she nearly quit acting for him. Both of these remarks place him at the centre of important career shifts for the people in his orbit during the 1980s and 1990s.