Beloved actress Gina Gershon has had an incredible career, and she has done some amazing things in her life. She has also worked alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest names, and in her new memoir, she reflects on them.
Gina Gershon Praises Tom Cruise for His Gracious Reaction
Among the many impressive stories that Gershon has to tell, one that stands out is her comment about her former co-star, Tom Cruise. The pair starred in the 1988 film “Cocktail,” and while they delivered a believable love scene, it was not without incident. “He could not have been sweeter or sexier,” she wrote of Cruise, Us Weekly reports. “We definitely had chemistry, and I couldn’t believe I was getting paid to make out with him.”
Gershon revealed that Cruise had been tickling her and, by reflex and completely by accident, she kneed him in the face. “I thought I had broken his nose,” Gershon wrote. “I apologized profusely, I felt terrible. But Tom, the eternal gentleman, said he was OK and acknowledged that he’d been warned.” Her comments about Cruise paint him as an incredibly sweet and kind human, but he was not the only person she opened up to in her memoir.
Gina Gershon’s Friendship with Hollywood Icons
Other big names that Gershon writes about include musician Lenny Kravitz, with whom she has enjoyed a lifetime of friendship. The pair met while attending Beverly Hills High School and “quickly struck a bond.” When Kravitz was at school, he was known as Romeo Blue.
In another section of her memoir, she speaks about Bob Dylan, who also experienced an injury because of her. This time, she was preparing for the 1996 film, “Bound,” and training as a boxer. Dylan was her sparring partner at one point, Us Weekly reports. When Gershon “threw a right hook,” she hit Dylan, who “went down.”
She continued, “Bob started laughing and said, ‘I need a good woman to kick my (expletive) every now and then.’ We became sparring partners and good friends after that. I love him.”
Gershon has had many memorable meetings with celebrities, but one that stood out for her was meeting film director Robert Altman by chance in a hallway. They would later work together on the 1992 film “The Player,” and the experience remains one of Gershon’s most cherished. “Working with Altman was an incredible experience,” she wrote. “It felt very communal. Making a movie can sometimes be so isolating, and this was just the opposite. Plus, there was free pizza.”
