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Tom Cruise still likes that old time rock and roll.
Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the classic 1983 film "Risky Business," Cruise admitted the movie was a "formative experience" in shaping his acting career.
When asked if he dances in his underwear like Joel in the iconic scene, Tom told Access Hollywod, "ya, I still … " before detailing the intricate work behind-the-scenes of the pants-less take.
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Tom Cruise will celebrate the 40th anniversary of "Risky Business" this summer. (Getty Images/ Everett Collection)
Cruise was 19 years old when he made "Risky Business" with Paul Brickman, and said he would "never forget that night" he filmed the dancing scene.
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When Brickman told him "there's choreography" involved in the scene, Cruise didn't hesitate.
"Look, I grew up dancing in my underwear in my house," he said. "Who didn't? So I was like, ‘I’ve got this.'"
Tom Cruise starred as Joel Goodsen nearly 40 years ago in "Risky Business." (Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection)
He detailed the arduous task of figuring out how to "slide across the floor" wearing only socks.
"I saw the opening frame, I go, ‘I want to hit center frame.’ I tried to slide in my socks; it didn’t work," Cruise said. "Then, I said, ‘Well let’s just put stuff down on the floor and I slid all the way across. That didn’t work.
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"Put the sticky spray there so every time I’ll slide and land center frame."
Cruise was only 19 when he worked on "Risky Business" with co-star Rebecca De Mornay in 1983. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)
Cruise admitted he has been "very fortunate" to be in the business so long as he walked the red carpet for the "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One" premiere in Rome at the Auditorium Conciliazione.
"I've been doing this since I was 18," he said.
The "Top Gun: Maverick" actor revealed that "Risky Business" wasn't just fun to make, it was also a pivotal part of his career.
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"It was a learning experience for me, not just as an actor going through it, but then I would spend a lot of time in the editing room," he said.
Tom Cruise geared up for the release of his latest action flick, "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One." (Primo Barol/Anadolu Agency )
"I went in the editing room and I saw the shots and looked at how editorially they were putting it together."
He added, "So, I started really, from ‘Taps’ to that – understanding that cinematic process right from the very beginning.
"That was a formative experience. I feel very lucky to have had that opportunity, to be able to have that kind of script and that kind of material at that age."
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