Los Angeles, Nov 9 (NationPress) Hollywood star Tom Cruise shared an intriguing story about how he came to be involved with ‘Rain Man’. A newly surfaced video features the iconic actor reminiscing about the moment he met Dustin Hoffman, a meeting that his sister Cass practically urged him to initiate.

He recounted, “My little sister, Cass, was with me at a restaurant. While I was enjoying my meal, she pointed out, ‘There's Dustin Hoffman’. I looked up to see him wearing a hat, actively engaged in ordering takeout while performing in ‘Death of a Salesman’. She insisted, ‘You should go over and introduce yourself’. I hesitated, saying, ‘No way, I can’t just approach him’. Cass, however, was relentless, reminding me of my admiration for his career.

“Despite my initial reluctance, she was so compelling that I finally relented, saying, ‘Alright, I’ll go say hello’. I approached him, and when I said, ‘Excuse me, Mr. Hoffman, I’m sorry’, he looked up and responded, ‘Cruise’. That was my introduction to him, right at the end of ‘Death of a Salesman’. He graciously invited me to see the show, and I asked, ‘Can I bring my sister?’ He welcomed us backstage, where we took photos together.

“As I was leaving, he expressed, ‘I want to make a movie with you’, and I thought, ‘That would be amazing’. A year later, I received the script for ‘Rain Man’. Interestingly, the character I was meant to portray was originally written as a 57-year-old man,” he shared.