Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise have more in common than you might think.
Besides acting, something else Downey Jr. and Cruise have in common is their fiercely competitive nature.
In 1996, Downey Jr. paid a visit to"Letterman,“with legendary host David Letterman.
Of course, nobody in the audience was expecting the story of how the two actors first met.
Downey discussed how one of his first times interacting with Cruise was at a mutual friend’s house.
To keep the party lively, Cruise challenged Downey Jr. to a game of ping pong.
“I jumped the net,” the beloved actor admitted as the audience gasped and laughed.
“I splintered this thing into about six thousand pieces.”
There was a reason for his chagrined response to losing the game.
As he informed Letterman during their chat, the actor was clearly intoxicated at the time.
He hasn’t called me since.”
