Colin Farrell says Tom Cruise ‘was not very happy’ with him on 2002 movie set

Colin Farrell admitted that Tom Cruise was “not comfortable” with him throughout the filming of their 2002 movie “Minority Report”.

Throughout an look Tuesday on “The Stephen Colbert Present,” the 49-year-old actor recalled that the sci-fi motion thriller was certainly one of his first massive Hollywood movies, and he was excited to work with Cruise, 63, and director Steven Spielberg.

Nevertheless, Farrell, who was battling alcoholism and substance abuse points on the time, instructed Colbert that he had a wild evening out on his birthday and confirmed up feeling hungover.

“I had one of many worst days I’ve ever had on a film set,” the ‘Cellphone Sales space’ star stated. “It was my birthday on Might thirty first, and we have been filming, and I used to be begging to supply—who did I believe I used to be?—a $120 million film in the event that they [could] do not make me work on my birthday.”

Colin Farell revealed that Tom Cruise was “not comfortable” with him on the set of “Minority Report.” (JB Lacroix/WireImage; Gabe Ginsberg/WireImage)

He continued, “So after all I bought picked up at six within the morning on Might thirty first, and I did every kind of nonsense the evening earlier than. And I bear in mind moving into mattress, and as quickly as I turned off the sunshine, the cellphone rang and it was the motive force, [who] stated, ‘It is 10 previous 6.’ And I stated, ‘Oh, s—.'”

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Farrell recalled that first assistant director David H. Venghaus Jr. met him when he arrived on the shoot and instantly instructed him, “You’ll be able to’t go to the set like this.”

“And I stated, ‘Simply give me six Pacifico Cervezas and a pack of 20.’ [Marlboro] Purple,” he stated because the viewers laughed.

Cruise and Farrell in a scene from ‘Minority Report’. (Courtesy: Everett Assortment)

“Hear, it is not cool as a result of two years later I went to rehab, proper?” Farrell stated, because the viewers laughed much more.

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“But it surely labored on the time,” he continued. “All of the holy folks we glance to about learn how to stay a life would say that the current is all that issues.”

The Oscar nominee recalled having “a couple of beers” earlier than heading to the set.

Farell is pictured on the premiere of “Minority Report”. (Wealthy Lee – PA Photos / PA Photos by way of Getty Photos)

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“It was horrible,” Farrell admitted.

“I will always remember the assertion I had once I could not determine it out. It was, ‘I am positive you’ve got all understood the elemental paradox of pre-crime methodology.’ That was the road that began the scene,” he recollects.

‘I bear in mind one [the crew] I got here up and stated, ‘Do you need to go outdoors and get some contemporary air?'” Farrell continued. “And I bear in mind considering, ‘If I am going outdoors and breathe some contemporary air, then once I come again I will be underneath extra strain to get higher.’ And I stated, ‘No, we’re simply going to get via it.'”

Tom Cruise attends the premiere of ‘Minority Report’. (Rune Hellestad/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)

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“We did 46 takes,” Farrell admitted. “Tom wasn’t very proud of me. Tom, who I really like, wasn’t very comfortable!”

“Minority Report” was based mostly on the 1956 brief story of the identical title by famed science fiction author Philip Okay. Dick. Set in Washington, DC in 2054, the movie follows Chief John Anderton (Tom Cruise), who works for a police unit that arrests folks for crimes earlier than they commit them, utilizing the visions of three psychics known as “pre-cogs.”

Farrell admitted that it took him 46 takes to seize one line. (Getty Photos)

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Colin Farrell performed Danny Witwer, a skeptical Justice Division agent despatched to watch the Pre-Crime Program. When the system predicts that Anderton will commit homicide, he goes on the run to show his innocence. He later kidnaps essentially the most highly effective of the psychics, Agatha, performed by Samantha Morton. Collectively they attempt to discover out the reality about this system.

“Minority Report” was each a important and industrial success, grossing $358 million worldwide.