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HOT GALLERY: Happy 52nd Birthday, Tom Cruise!
By Snakkle Staff
Tom Cruise Stars as Cadet Captain David Shawn in Taps (1981)
Nine months after moving to New York to pursue his dream of becoming an actor, Tom learned about snagging the role of the “homicidally unhinged” teenage military cadet in Taps after hitching a ride home to New Jersey from some friendly prostitutes. Seriously. Taps was his big break, and became the first of many memorable film roles to come.
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