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Cruise performed well in a more naturalistic mode in "All the Right Moves" (1983), a sober high school football drama which pitted him against hot-headed coach Craig T. Nelson, and fared modestly at the box office - a brief but full frontal nude shot of Cruise did not hurt returns either. His next move was not as wise for a growing sex symbol - growing his hair long and donning green tights for Ridley Scott's colossal fantasy flop, "Legend" (1985). Already ready to break the mold, however, Cruise solidified his star status and established his onscreen persona with the film most heavily identified with him: "Top Gun" (1986). With flying sequences cut to the rhythms of pop tunes, the film functioned as both a Navy recruiting ad and a glossy romantic adventure between Lt. Maverick and his Top Gun instructor, Charlie (Kelly McGillis). No longer the engaging boy-next-door, Cruise's Maverick was a prototype for Cruise roles to come - a cocky loner who plays by his own rules, confronts a crisis, and is then triumphantly transformed by his success. While "Risky Business" might have made him a known commodity, it was "Top Gun" that made him the biggest movie star in the world.

Cruise selected his next roles and planned his career carefully, teaming with talented directors and co-stars for "The Color of Money" (1986) and "Rain Man" (1988). The former, Martin Scorsese's sharply made, nicely textured sequel to 1961's "The Hustler," cast him as a talented but arrogant small-time pool hotshot opposite Paul Newman's Fast Eddie Felson. They made an eclectic pair, with Cruise's boisterous All-American boy versus Newman's seasoned con man, and though the older stud picked up the Best Actor Oscar, he was clearly passing the mantle to the younger stud. Off-screen, the actor fell in love and married actress Mimi Rogers in what was seen as an odd pairing, not due solely to the couple's age difference. The marriage lasted less than three years (1987-1990) but Rogers' legacy lived on through Cruise's lifetime affiliation with Scientology, which she introduced to her husband. In 1988, Cruise broadened his serious dramatic credentials with director Barry Levinson's "Rain Man," playing another self-centered hot shot who begrudgingly forges a relationship with his autistic brother (Dustin Hoffman), only to find it changes his entire outlook on life. Hoffman shone as the idiot savant and again, a Cruise co-star took home the Oscar, but Cruise was equally important to the Oscar-winning Best Picture equation and Hoffman pointed this out to anyone who would listen.

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