1) The film was having trouble finding an American distributor when Trudie Styler called an acquaitance of hers — Tom Cruise. He attended a screening and loved the film. Matthew Vaughn later recalled, “It was hysterical. آپ had all these mid-level executives sitting there, and Cruise walked in. He saw them all sit up and pay attention, all getting on their phones, and suddenly all these senior executives joined the screening... At the end, Tom got up in front of everyone and کہا ‘This is the best movie I’ve seen in years, آپ guys would be fools not to buy it’”.

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