How Tom Cruise turned Anil Kapoor into an action star

Anil Kapoor’s foray on the small screen has proved successful with viewers glued to television sets every weekend for the thriller series ‘24’.

The actor reveals that it was Hollywood hunk, Tom Cruise who gave him some special tips for the massive fight scenes and adrenaline pumping stunts that will be seen in the next episodes.

Anil says that Cruise gave him some insights over casual phone conversations.

“I spent quite some time with Tom Cruise when he came here and we definitely are in touch. I have learnt a lot from him as far as physical training is concerned. I spoke to him when he was training for ‘Mission Impossible 4’ and he told me how he had trained for that film. I grabbed several tips from him,” reveals Anil.

With a lot of legwork to do in his latest serial, Tom gave him an advice to train his legs for the scenes.

Kapoor says, “I used to feel that running scenes are so easy to do, but then the next day after shooting one, I used to get very tired.

“Here is when Tom told me that for running scenes, I should train my legs. He has a special treadmill for the same.
So, even I did work out for my legs in the similar manner.”

The Bollywood actor-producer says that Cruise also shared a special habit that he has while shooting for the many action films he does in Hollywood, which is to rehearse an action scene to perfection.

Says Anil, “I learnt from Tom to rehearse for my action scenes. I used to go on the location 2-3 days before the shooting and practice for the scenes.

“Usually in India, no one rehearses for action and on the last minute they have heat issues and breathing problems.
Whereas I practiced my scenes for a couple of days to get used to the heat, and the result was very effective."

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