During a recent appearance at the New Yorker Festival, Demi Moore opened up about an amusing — and slightly uncomfortable — moment with Tom Cruise from her Hollywood past. The “Ghost” actor reflected on working alongside Cruise in the 1992 classic “A Few Good Men” and how her pregnancy at the time may have made her costar feel a little uneasy.
Demi Moore feels Tom Cruise was ‘awkward’ about her pregnancy during ‘A Few Good Men’ filming
More than three decades after the release of “A Few Good Men,” Demi Moore is looking back at the experience with both humor and perspective. Speaking with journalist Jia Tolentino during a Q&A at the New Yorker Festival on October 25, the 62-year-old actor recalled being nearly eight months pregnant with her daughter Scout Willis while reading lines for the film with director Rob Reiner and her then–costar Tom Cruise.
As Moore put it, “I think Tom was quite embarrassed. I actually felt okay about it. I was moving around, though, right?” she said, according to PEOPLE. “But I could tell he felt that it was a bit awkward.”
Moore suggested that Cruise’s discomfort wasn’t personal but reflective of the times. In the early ’90s, Hollywood saw a few leading female actors balancing pregnancy and high-profile film roles. Moore explained that there was an unspoken pressure on women to choose between motherhood and their careers. “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?’”
Determined to prove that it was possible, Moore admitted she pushed herself harder than she probably should have. “I look back at that time now, and I go, ‘What the f— was I thinking?’ And what was I even trying to prove?” she said. The star also described how she was breastfeeding while rehearsing scenes and even working out before giving birth. “It wasn’t as supported as it is today,” Moore added. The actor reflected that today’s generation of performers has far more support when it comes to balancing family and career.
“A Few Good Men,” written by Aaron Sorkin, became one of the most acclaimed films of the 1990s, and for Moore, a defining moment in more ways than one.
Originally reported by Zahrah Patel on Reality Tea.
