Why Tom Cruise was ‘not very happy’ with Colin Farrell during ‘one of the worst days’ on ‘Minority Report’ set

Tom Cruise was "not very happy" with Colin Farrell during the filming of their 2002 movie, "Minority Report."

Farrell, now 49, shared his experience working with the "Mission Impossible" star on the blockbuster film on Wednesday's episode of the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

"It was a total headf–k, because I grew up watching those guys. I grew up watching Tom Cruise in 'Top Gun' and […] 'Risky Business,'" he told Stephen Colbert, also mentioning director Steven Spielberg.

However, his experience with Cruise turned sour during "one of the worst days" of his career.

Farrell told Colbert that he had "begged" the production team not to make him work the day after his birthday, as he "got up to all sorts of nonsense" the night before. Although they said they would "see what [they could] do," he was still required to be on set at 6 a.m.

"I got to the trailer and, God bless them, the third assistant director said, 'You can't go to set like this,'" he said.

To cope with his hangover, he asked for a Hare of the Dog — a tactic he advised the audience against — and a 20-pack of cigarettes.

"It worked in the moment," he laughed. However, it still took him "46 takes" to get through one line.

"Tom wasn't very happy with me," Farrell noted.

The "Penguin" star — who has been sober for 18 years — previously discussed this experience, mentioning that his sister was visiting him on set.

He recalled in a 2019 interview with the UK Mirror that she left the set because watching him act like a drunken "disaster" upset her.

Three years after the film's release, Farrell admitted that he had "basically been drunk or high" since he was 14 and checked himself into rehab. His most recent stint was in 2018 for a "tune-up and a reset."

The Irish actor credits his 22-year-old son, James, who has Angelman syndrome, for inspiring him to get sober.

"James was 2 when I got sober," Farrell told the Daily Mail in October 2024. "Part of the motivation for quitting alcohol and drugs was knowing he had health issues. All children need their parents — or a parent or grandparent or someone — to care for them.

"One of the things James taught me was to find within myself a desire to live, even if it was initially more about wanting to be around for him."

Farrell, who is also the father of 16-year-old son Henry, expressed his desire to stop "what has been a generational issue in [his] biological family" and considers his sobriety his "legacy."