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...current American condition—perhaps the “Crash” or “Babel” of 2007. The film even attempts to work with a multiple-storyline structure, which both of those Oscar-winners used well. Sorry to break the news, Mr. Redford, but your film won’t be following in the footsteps of either one. The first story line begins in Washington D.C. Harvard graduate and U.S. Senator Jasper Irving, played by Tom Cruise, reveals the government’s new strategy for the war in the Middle East to ambitious journalist...
CRUISE ... with that famous skin and that profile and those eyes. And suddenly Redford comes up behind, and I look at him like, "Oh, my God, Out of Africa! I've seen that film so many times...
CRUISE ? And I was watching this, and I just thought, Oh, f___! And he'd say something, [and] I'd go, Uh, what did he say? I felt like an idiot at times. I've wanted to be in a Robert Redford picture. I've wanted to work with Meryl Streep. Everyone does. And I'm just grateful to have had this opportunity...
...REDFORD I think there have always been stars. The fact is Hollywood is a business. It's going to get attracted to things that will be sure to make money, as franchise films do, so therefore you don't blame them for that. Now the question is the individuals. For me personally, there are too many great stories out there to do a sequel. So therefore I don't ever want to do sequels. Well, they push, push, push, push. Finally you say no. Let me put it another way: No. [Others laugh.] And then what do they do? They...
...REDFORD Yes, Tom and the studio took a chance. I can't see anybody else making this film, quite frankly...