Rosamund Pike reveals Tom Cruise’s influence on her ‘Gone Girl’ role

Actress Rosamund Pike appeared on The Graham Norton Show where she opened up about her relationship with Tom Cruise.

Sitting alongside Glen Powell, Michelle Yeoh, Jack Whitehall and Ed Sheeran, she recalled the time he shared some much needed words of encouragement.

“The night before I started filming Gone Girl, I was so frightened, and I couldn’t sleep,” she admitted.

So, the star ended up reaching out to her former Jack Reacher co-star, “So at four in the morning I wrote to Tom saying I wasn’t up to the role and I was terrified. And he sent me the kindest letter immediately saying, ‘You’ve got this and you are ready.’”

Pike starred alongside Ben Affleck in the 2012 adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel of the same name, going on to receive an Academy Award nomination for her performance.

“It was such a significant gesture from someone with such a level of fame," she added.

She is set to star in Now You See Me: Now You Don’t about which she remarked, “It is a gorgeous movie, and I relish being a villain.”

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