Tom Cruise played explosive Hollywood exec Les Grossman in the 2008 comedy 'Tropic Thunder,' directed by Ben Stiller Tom Cruise's Tropic Thunder character Les Grossman is ready for a comeback. During an interview with Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast to promote Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,

Tom Cruise has had "very serious conversations" about making a movie about his Tropic Thunder character Les Grossman. "The conversations we've had about Les Grossman are so f** king funny," McQuarrie said.

Tom Cruise has been in the film industry for over four decades, and over the years, he has played many iconic characters. Whether it's the emblematic Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible films, a vampire in Interview With the Vampire,