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Demi Moore Reflects on Motherhood and Career with Tom Cruise

10/27/2025

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Demi Moore discussed her work with Tom Cruise, the actor, on A Few Good Men at the New Yorker Festival.
She was nearly eight months pregnant and said Cruise might have been embarrassed by her pregnancy.
Moore noted that few Hollywood peers were having children then, creating pressure to choose between career and motherhood.
She recalled needing to prove balance was possible and trained intensely for the film.

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Demi Moore discussed her work with Tom Cruise, the actor, on A Few Good Men at the New Yorker Festival.
She was nearly eight months pregnant and said Cruise might have been embarrassed by her pregnancy.
Moore noted that few Hollywood peers were having children then, creating pressure to choose between career and motherhood.
She recalled needing to prove balance was possible and trained intensely for the film.