GenieWriter Richard Curtis Asked Tom Cruise for Permission Before Including Joke in Movie (Exclusive)
Tom Cruise; Richard Curtis.Photo:JC Olivera/Getty; Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage JC Olivera/Getty; Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage Richard Curtismight not have hadTom Cruiseon the set ofGeniein person, but he was there in spirit. In the new holiday comedy from theLove Actuallywriter,Melissa McCarthy’s titular character Flora develops a crush on the action star, 61, after seeing him in aMission: Impossibleflick, her first-ever movie-theater experience. She soon peppers her bedroom wall with posters of Cruise, dreams about a potential life with him and even gets a sweatshirt with the actor’s face on it as aChristmaspresent from her new friend Bernard (Paapa Essiedu)....