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Cruise in awe of Streep and Redford

(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-11-02 09:52

Tom Cruise, his wife Katie Holmes and their daughter Suri

 

Actor Tom Cruise struggled to act on the set of his latest film Lions For Lambs because he was in awe of co-stars Robert Redford and Meryl Streep.

The 45-year-old was so keen to impress the two Hollywood veterans that he often lost focus while filming.

He says, "No way was I ever going to turn down that opportunity! There were moments when we were filming, when I was sitting across from Meryl, looking at her porcelain skin and those blue eyes, and Redford would come up behind her to give me a piece of direction, and it would be like I'd walked into a scene from Out of Africa.

"Redford would say something and I'd have to say, 'Sorry, I missed that... uh... could you say it again?'"