The secret behind Tom Cruise’s iconic Risky Business dance scene

IT’S one of Hollywood’s most iconic movie scenes. And Tom Cruise has revealed the secret behind that classic dance in Risky Business.

TOM Cruise has revealed the secret behind his iconic dance scene in Risky Business.

Appearing on The Project to promote his latest flick The Mummy, Cruise was asked about the classic scene from the 1983 movie where he had to strip down to his jocks and dance to Old Time Rock and Roll.

While it’s become an infamous movie moment, the actor said he didn’t realise at the time that it would be so memorable.

“I just adlibbed that,” he admitted.

“I tried to go across (the floor) at one point and it was too sticky. What I did was I dusted the floor and then put stick (tape) on the other side so I would get centre frame on that and wore the socks. And that’s how I finally did it — to figure out how to get that smooth, right on the beat kind of flow that got me there.”

After that, he made the rest of the routine up.

“And then I went around the room and was dancing,” he added. “That’s something that I did as a kid at home.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Cruise was asked about another one of his classic films, Jerry Maguire. The movie is responsible for some of pop culture’s most quotable lines, with catchphrases “Show me the money!” and “You had me at hello” all coming from the 1996 release.

“When you’re finding those moments, it is so much fun doing that scene,” he said about the lines.

He added: “I’ve been lucky. I had a few films and some great, great writing.”