Overview
- The actor recounted the episode during an Oct. 28 appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
- He arrived in poor shape on his May 31 birthday and was told by assistant director David H. Venghaus Jr. he could not go to set like that.
- Farrell said he asked for beers and cigarettes, then struggled to deliver the line, "I'm sure you've all grasped the fundamental paradox of pre-crime methodology."
- The scene required 46 takes, and he said Cruise "wasn't very happy" with him.
- Farrell noted he entered rehab about two years later, framing the story within his recovery and early career breakthrough.