Overview
- Moore shared the recollection during an Oct. 25 New Yorker Festival Q&A with writer Jia Tolentino.
- She said she was nearly eight months pregnant when she began reading lines with director Rob Reiner and Cruise in 1991 preproduction.
- Moore characterized Cruise as "quite embarrassed" and framed the awkwardness as reflective of that era’s industry norms.
- She said she felt compelled to overachieve to prove career and motherhood could coexist, recalling breastfeeding between blocking rehearsals.
- She recounted a two-and-a-half-hour hike, a 24-mile bike ride, and dancing shortly before giving birth early, and outlets reported Cruise’s representatives have not commented.