Tom Cruise | Ren – Footloose

With $10.1 billion gross for his movies, Tom Cruise is a certified blockbuster king. Like The Color of Money, War of the Worlds, and The Mummy, many of his projects have fetched money that eventually made Cruise richer. Recently, however, the actor has come to the limelight not for his acting skills but also for advancing Scientology. He is given credit for being a passionate advocate of the belief system.

At one point, Cruise was busy making movies, and that was one reason why he declined the role for Footloose. Kevin Bacon eventually played Ren McCormack, but Cruise’s excellent dance moves in Risky Business attracted producers to consider him for the part. Bacon did a good job, so we really cannot complain, plus Cruise got to appear on All The Right Moves, which was the movie he was filming during the production of Footloose.