Hollywood actress Demi Moore has opened up about her experience working alongside superstar Tom Cruise on ‘A Few Good Men,’ sharing an intriguing memory from the film’s production.
Moore recently speculated that her co-star might have felt “embarrassed” by her pregnancy while they were in pre-production for the film. Speaking with screenwriter Jia Tolentino at the New Yorker Festival, she revealed that she was nearly eight months pregnant when she began reading lines with director Rob Reiner and Cruise, who is 63.
The actress, who was expecting her second child, Scout Willis, shared, “I think Tom was quite embarrassed. I actually felt okay about it. I was moving around, though, right? But I could tell he felt that it was a bit awkward.”
Moore, who is also a mother to daughters Rumer Willis and Tallulah Willis with ex-husband Bruce Willis, elaborated that she believes Cruise may have felt uncomfortable since few in their Hollywood circle were having children at that time. She explained that there was significant pressure to choose between a career and motherhood.
“It’s one of the many things that didn’t make sense to me. I challenged that perspective by asking, ‘Why not? Why can’t you have both?’ But with that came a lot of pressure I put on myself to prove it was possible,” she reflected.
‘A Few Good Men,’ based on Aaron Sorkin’s 1989 play of the same name, centers on two U.S. Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine. Moore admitted that she became “a bit of an overachiever” in balancing motherhood with her acting career.
Looking back, she confessed, “I go, ‘What the f*** was I thinking?’ What was I even trying to prove? It wasn’t as supported then as it is today, you know, to be breastfeeding and then blocking and rehearsing a scene.”