Gene Hackman Took the High Road in One of Tom Cruise’s Best Movies That

The dynamite combo of seeing Cruise at his peak powers between Top Gun and the first Mission: Impossible acting against the legendary Hackman is enough to make this movie worth watching, but the.. Gene Hackman is an acting legend whose name alone can bring in audiences, so why wasn't he advertised anywhere for The Firm with Tom Cruise?

Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman are two of those titans. They are the definition of "different vibes." You have Cruise, the eternal engine of Hollywood who seems to run on high-octane jet fuel and sheer willpower. Then you have Hackman, the "actor's actor" who could do more with a weary sigh and a squint than most people can with a ten-minute.. Gene Hackman was denied above-the-title billing for his role According to reports from the Los Angeles Times, although Gene Hackman and Tom Cruise's collaboration helped The Firm gross over $270M and become the fifth highest-grossing film of that year, the veteran legend was shockingly left out of publicity materials.