Tom Cruise first met Michael Caine in 1983 – he instantly asked him one question
Sir Michael Caine has made a bold Tom Cruise claim while opening up about an encounter he had with the actor 40 years ago. The 91-year-old British star of films including Alfie, The Italian Job and Get Carter first met Cruise in 1983, and recently celebrated his 90th birthday with the Mission: Impossible actor – at an event that left Cruise in stitches over a “dirty” joke told by Loose Women star Denise Welch. It turns out the pair first met in 1983, when Cruise was on the cusp of hitting the bigtime with lead roles in Risky Business and All the Right Moves. At that time, Cruise had only had supporting roles and, after meeting Caine, he decided to use the opportunity to ask the actor for some advice. Writing in a new memoir, titled Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over, Caine revealed the encounter occurred at an event promoting the film he was starring in at the time, Educating Rita, for which he received his first Oscar nomination. Writing in an extract from …