Rob Lowe claims that Tom Cruise deprived him of two roles he wanted: Top Gun and Jerry Maguire. Lowe settled on the phrase "dastardly" to sum up the rivalry. He stressed there is no hard feelings between the pair.
Nicole Kidman, Cruise's former wife, has acknowledged she nearly quit acting for him. Both of these remarks position him at the heart of major career turning points for the people in his orbit during the 1980s and 1990s.