•  photo | Def Leppard, Tom Cruise

Credit: Adam Shankman; Mick Hutson/Redferns/Getty

Published: Friday May 18, 2012 06:00 AM EDT

2012

"[Director Adam Shankman] called and said, 'Def Leppard’s coming by the set.' I said, 'Man, that’s cool.' Then I paused. 'Wait, I'm rehearsing their song tomorrow.'"
– Tom Cruise, on his Rock of Ages performance that won him the '80s hair band's stamp of approval, to Playboy