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Demi Moore revealed that her former co-star Tom Cruise seemed “embarrassed” by her pregnancy while filming A Few Good Men in the early ’90s.
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She opened up about their “awkward” dynamic at the New Yorker Festival on Saturday, October 25.
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Moore also opened up about pressure to get in shape even before she gave birth, revealing that she did a 24-mile bike ride the day her water broke.
Demi Moore might have finally gotten her flowers at age 60 for her portrayal of an aging star who experiments with a black market drug to regain her youth, but The Substance actress has three decades in Hollywood under her belt. Moore took a trip down memory lane in a new interview, reflecting on how she balanced motherhood with her career—as well as how her second pregnancy made for an “awkward” filming dynamic with former co-star Tom Cruise.
While making an appearance at the New Yorker Festival on Saturday, October 25, the Ghost alum opened up about reading lines with Cruise for A Few Good Men when she was eight months pregnant with her second daughter, Scout Willis, whom she shares with ex-husband Bruce Willis. Chatting with Jia Tolentino during a Q&A portion, Moore recalled there being an uncomfortable dynamic when the co-stars began pre-production on the 1992 movie.
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Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise attend a benefit in 2008
“I think Tom was quite embarrassed,” Moore shared, per People. “I actually felt okay about it. I was moving around, though, right? But I could tell he felt that it was a bit awkward.”
However, the Charlie’s Angels actress chalked up the weird dynamic to Cruise (and other Hollywood actors) not being used to being around pregnant co-stars. Explaining that it was rare for actors to balance motherhood and their careers at the time, Moore added, “It’s one of the many things, for me, that I just felt didn’t make sense. And so I challenged that to say, you know, ‘Why not? Why can’t you have both?’ But with that, I think, came a lot of pressure I put on myself to, in a sense, prove that it was possible.”
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Demi Moore attends the 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala on October 18
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Demi Moore with Tom Cruise in uniform in A Few Good Men
Part of that included pressure to get back into shape even before she gave birth. Moore, who played a Marine in the film, shared, “I was going to be in a military uniform, and probably overly anticipated and started working out and trying to get in shape even before she was born.” She revealed that she did a particularly grueling workout the day Scout was born, recalling, “I did a two-and-a-half-hour hike the day my water broke. I did a 24-mile bike ride, and then was dancing at a reggae club—hence why she came two-and-a-half weeks early.”
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