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Hollywood director Ron Howard reveals secret behind Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's 1992 'honeymoon movie' Far and Away


With leading roles in 80s box office hits Risky Business and Top Gun, Tom Cruise managed to cement his place on Hollywood's A-list early on in his career.

With leading roles in 80s box office hits Risky Business and Top Gun, superstar Tom Cruise managed to successfully cement his place on Hollywood's A-list early on in his career. It had been nicknamed Cruise and Kidman's 'Honeymoon Movie' since they had married shortly before filming the drama which recounts the romance and struggles of 19th Century fictional Irish immigrants Joseph Donnelly and Shannon Christie in America. The director, who had more luck with hits including Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind, said Far and Away was an important movie for Cruise as an action star as he underwent a meticulous training regime for several intense boxing fight scenes.

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