Rob Lowe says that Tom Cruise deprived him of two roles he wanted: Top Gun and Jerry Maguire. Lowe chose the term "dastardly" to explain the rivalry. He stressed there is no lingering resentment between them.
Nicole Kidman, Cruise's former wife, has acknowledged she nearly quit acting for him. Both of these remarks position him at the heart of important career shifts for the people in his orbit during the 1980s and 1990s.