Colin Farrell has revealed that Tom Cruise “wasn’t very happy” with him on the set of a huge science-fiction action thriller.
The Hollywood star opened up about his poor behaviour while he filmed Minority Report with the Mission Impossible actor.
During an interview on US TV program The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night, Farrell confessed that his antics had angered Cruise during the shoot.
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“I had one of the worst days I’ve ever had on a film set. It was my birthday on May 31, and we were shooting, and I begged production of a $US120 million film if they [could] not have me working on my birthday,” he admitted.
“So of course my pick-up was 6am on May 31, and I got up to all sorts of nonsense the night before. And I remember getting into bed, and as soon as I turned off the light the phone rang and it was the driver, [who] said, ‘It’s 10 past 6.’ And I went, ‘Oh, sh*t.’”
Farrell shared that instead of taking the day off, he forced himself to go to set and made a few demands to be able to get in front of the camera and act.
“[I told the assistant director], ‘Just get me six Pacifico cervezas (beers) and a packet of 20 [Marlboro] Red.’ Now, listen, it’s not cool because two years later I went to rehab, right? But it worked in the moment … It was terrible,” he laughed.
“I will never forget the line I had that I couldn’t get out. It was, ‘I’m sure you’ve all grasped the fundamental paradox of pre-crime methodology.’ That was the line that started the scene. I remember [the crew] coming up and saying, ‘Do you want to go out and take a breath of fresh air?’ And I remember thinking, ‘If I go out and take a breath of fresh air, then I’ll be under more pressure when I come back in to be better.’ And I went, ‘No, we’ll just go through it.’”
Farrell added, sounding wildly ashamed with himself: “We did 46 takes. Tom wasn’t very happy with me. Tom, who I love, was not very happy.”
Despite his behind the scenes antics, Minority Report was both a critical and commercial success, making $US358 million ($A543m) at the worldwide box office.
