During a recent interview, Gina Gershon shared a hilarious memory from her time on the set of ‘Cocktail.’ She revealed that a lighthearted tickling incident from Tom Cruise almost ended with him sporting a broken nose! As they filmed a close-up scene, Gershon’s instinctive response to Cruise’s antics led to an accidental kick that surprised them both.

Gina Gershon and Tom Cruise co-starred in the film ‘Cocktail’ ages ago; some behind-the-scenes stories are still kept alive years later. In one of her latest interviews, the ‘Brooklyn 99’ actress opened up about working alongside the ‘Mission: Impossible’ alum, and how, during one of the scenes, she almost broke his nose on set! Read ahead to know more about what happened and what the actress had to share.

Gina Gershon opens up about almost breaking Tom Cruise’ nose

While talking to the host on ‘Page Six Radio’ program, the actress opened up about one of her most popular works, ‘Cocktail’, where she co-starred with Cruise. Calling it a dream, the star revealed that while it was the opportunity of a lifetime for her, the fellow actor had different recollections of it all.Gershon revealed that during the filming of the movie, the two of them had to do an intimate love scene. She shared that she had a brother who would hold her down and tickle her, which now causes involuntary reactions in her. She told the same to Cruise, however, things took a turn from there. She added, “He’s like ‘Oh that’s a great idea.’ We’re just trying to make the scene work in a fun way,” Gershon said. “And then by accident, he kind of tickled me once. I said, ‘Don’t do that.’ I said, ‘Seriously don’t do that cause I had a big brother who tickled me. I really go insane.’ And I think maybe he thought, ‘Oh, this will be a great reaction.’”Furthermore, the actress revealed that she kicked him in the face because, during the scene, he accidentally tickled her. She then playfully recalled that even though it was her fault and the actor was in pain, he was still the one apologizing to her. “He was like, ‘No, no, no. My fault. My bad. You warned me,’” Gershon said. “He owned up. He goes, ‘You told me not to tickle.’ And he was trying to make me feel OK. But I could tell the poor guy was in pain,” she concluded.

Plot of ‘Cocktail’

The film is based around Brian, a bartender who works in Jamaica, who is challenged by his mentor to pursue and impress a wealthy girl. Problems in his life arise after his girlfriend sees him and decides to leave him after feeling betrayed.