what role did tom cruise play in endless love?
Billy
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 During the SETI program , Earth 's scientists send out transmissions ( shown to be the Arecibo message ) with information about Earth and its inhabitants , DNA structure , etc . , in hopes of finding life beyond Earth . They then receive transmissions from an alien source on how to create endless fuel effortlessly . Therefore , the scientists assume that this is a friendly alien species . From a second alien transmission , the scientists receive information about an alien DNA along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA . A government team led by Xavier Fitch ( Ben Kingsley ) goes forward with the genetic experiment attempting to induce a female , under the ( later proved to be mistaken ) assumption that a female would have " more docile and controllable " traits . One of the hundred experimental ova produces a girl named Sil , who looks like a normal human but develops into a 12 @-@ year @-@ old in 3 months . 

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 Garfield co @-@ produced and starred in the 2014 independent drama 99 Homes . He is also scheduled to headline Martin Scorsese 's film , Silence , based on Shūsaku Endō 's 1966 novel of the same name . Production began in 2014 with Garfield set to play Father Rodrigues , a Portuguese Jesuit priest in the seventeenth century who travels to Japan . By November 2014 , it was also confirmed that Garfield would join the cast of Hacksaw Ridge , a war drama about the first conscientious objector in US history to be awarded the Medal of Honor . Mel Gibson is set to direct and Vince Vaughn and Sam Worthington are scheduled to co @-@ star . 

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 Two Weeks Notice was followed by the 2003 ensemble comedy , Love Actually , headlined by Grant as the British Prime Minister . A Christmas release by Working Title Films , the film was promoted as " the ultimate romantic comedy " and accumulated $ 246 million at the international box office . It marked the directorial debut of Richard Curtis , who told the New York Times that Grant adamantly tempered the characterisation of the role to make his character more authoritative and less haplessly charming than earlier Curtis incarnations . Roger Ebert claimed that " Grant has flowered into an absolutely splendid romantic comedian " and has " so much self @-@ confidence that he plays the British prime minister as if he took the role to be a good sport . " Film critic Rex Reed , on the contrary , called Grant 's performance " an oversexed bachelor spin on Tony Blair " as the star " flirted with himself in the paroxysm of self @-@ love that has become his acting style . " 

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 Mirkin was attached to direct Sports Widow in 2004 , a comedy starring Reese Witherspoon as a disregarded housewife who seeks to become an expert in American football in order to regain her husband 's attention ; the project has never been completed . Mirkin is a fan of the musician James Taylor ; Taylor guest starred in " Deep Space Homer " and Mirkin directed the music videos for his songs " Enough to Be on Your Way " and " Sea Cruise " . As of 2012 , Mirkin will write , direct and co @-@ produce a biopic of businessman Richard Branson , based on his memoir Losing My Virginity . 

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 Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times wrote : " The movie is exuberant , strapping and obvious — a problem drama suffering from a steroid overdose . " 
