Tom Cruise and Away" (1992), both of which co-starred then-wife Nicole Kidman as his love interest. In 1994, Cruise starred along with Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater in Neil Jordan's "Interview with the Vampire", a gothic drama/horror film that was based on Anne Rice's best-selling novel. The film was well received, although Rice was initially quite outspoken in her criticism of Cruise having been cast in the film, as Julian Sands was her first choice. Upon seeing the film however, she paid $7,740 for a two-page ad in "Daily Variety" praising his performance and apologizing for her previous doubts about
Tom Clegg (actor) Blake", and "Till Death Us Do Part". Comedic film roles include "Raising the Wind" (1961), "Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher", and "Great Catherine" (both 1968). Clegg's comedy roles led him to become a semi-regular in the Carry On films, appearing in "Carry On Regardless" (1961), "Carry On Spying" (1964), "Carry On Cleo" (1964), "Carry On Cowboy" (1965) and "Carry On Loving" (1970). In the horror spoof "Carry On Screaming" (1966), he played the lumbering half-Frankenstein monster, half-werewolf Oddbod. Tom Clegg (actor) Tom Clegg (1915 – 1996) was an English actor, who had a number of small roles in film