Colin Farrell Took 46 Takes Drunk for Minority Report Line Causing Tension with Tom Cruise

Colin Farrell recently shared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that during the filming of the 2002 sci-fi film Minority Report, he arrived on set hungover after celebrating his birthday the night before and struggled to deliver a difficult line. Despite being warned by the assistant director that he was unfit to work, Farrell drank several beers on set and went ahead with filming, resulting in 46 takes to get the line right, which frustrated co-star Tom Cruise. Farrell described the line as challenging even when sober, and he recalled the pressure of filming under Cruise's perfectionist standards. This experience was a low point for Farrell, who later entered rehab for substance abuse two years after the incident and again as a preventive measure in 2018. The story highlights both Farrell's candidness about his past struggles and Cruise's known insistence on high performance standards on set. The film, directed by Steven Spielberg, has since been regarded as a sci-fi classic, with Farrell and Cruise both continuing successful acting careers.