Tom Cruise punched Jack Nicholson after ‘A Few Good Men’ courtroom scene, co-star says
Kevin Pollak says Tom Cruise punched Jack Nicholson on the shoulder after filming a tense courtroom scene in “A Few Good Men”, and the two actors laughed. The anecdote offers a glimpse of how Nicholson joked during a pivotal moment while Cruise stayed in character and completed the take.
Pollak described the scene in a recent podcast interview: as Cruise delivered the line “I want the truth”, Nicholson made a clown face close to the camera. The 1992 legal drama, directed by Rob Reiner, received four Academy Award nominations, including best picture and best supporting actor for Nicholson.
In short
- Pollak says Cruise punched Nicholson on the shoulder after a scene.
- Nicholson made a clown face during the courtroom take.
- The actors laughed after filming the moment.
Explained simply
A Few Good Men is a 1992 legal drama directed by Rob Reiner. It centres on a military court case and stars Tom Cruise as a Navy lawyer and Jack Nicholson as a senior officer; Kevin Pollak also appears in the film.
The courtroom exchange between Cruise and Nicholson became one of the film’s best-known scenes. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including for best picture and for Nicholson’s supporting performance.
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