Tom Cruise in gradually unveiling Kaffee's potential in the film. During Cruise's marriage to Nicole Kidman, the couple endured a great deal of public speculation about their sex life and rumors that Cruise was gay. In 1998, he successfully sued the "Daily Express", a British tabloid which alleged that his marriage to Kidman was a sham designed to cover up his homosexuality. In May 2001, he filed a lawsuit against gay porn actor Chad Slater. Slater had allegedly told the celebrity magazine "Actustar" that he had been involved in an affair with Cruise. This claim was strongly denied by Cruise, and in
Tom Cruise Right Moves" and "Risky Business", which has been described as "A Generation X classic, and a career-maker for Tom Cruise", and which, along with 1986's "Top Gun", cemented his status as a superstar. Cruise also played the male lead in the Ridley Scott film "Legend", released in 1985. Cruise followed up "Top Gun" with "The Color of Money", which came out the same year, and which paired him with Paul Newman. 1988 saw him star in "Cocktail", which earned him a nomination for the Razzie Award for Worst Actor. Later that year he starred with Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man",