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The Onion's AVclub.com recetly sat down with Bronson Pinchot, most recognizable as crazy foreigner Balki Bartokamous on Perfect Strangers and, more recently, as himself on The Surreal Life, for a rarther lengthy interview about the actor's career.

In one of the more interesting segments, Pinchot reveals his impressions of a young Tom Cruise on the set of Risky Business.

Apparently, before Cruise was chanting "show me the money" or doing his own stunts, he was distractingly homophobic:

"We didn’t know it was going to be a big hit. We thought Tom [Cruise] was the biggest bore on the face of the Earth," said Pinchot. Pinchot and Cruise payed close friends in the 1983 comedy that launched both of their careers.

"He was tense and made constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments, like, 'You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?' I mean, his lingo was larded with the most… There was no basis for it. It was like, 'It’s a nice day, I’m glad there are no gay people standing here.' Very, very strange."

"Years and years later when people started to torment him with that, I used to think 'God, that’s really fitting, because he tormented a lot of people as a 20-year-old.' He made such a big deal about it."

Asked if he thought that was because Cruise was insecure or just young, Pinchot replied, " I really don’t know. It is what it is; there’s nothing I can add to it. If someone’s 20 years old and every third line out of their mouth is anti-something specific, then draw your own conclusion. I thought it was very weird."

Crusie and Pinchot never worked together after that, and their careers clearly developed along different paths. Being the lesser known of the two actors, it's interesting to see Pinchot's perspective on the industry.

The full interview covers Pinchot's entire career, from working with Eddie Murphy on Beverly Hills Cop, through his height of fame in the Perfect Strangers days, up to his lesser known roles of today, including a short stint on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, and a quick story about how he made Mischa Barton cry. It's a fascinating, humorous peek into Hollywood, from a guy who just likes to tell it like it is. Check it out!

The previously reported upcoming Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz action comedy known as Wichita now has a new name: Knight & Day.

The movie, currently filming in Boston, also stars Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis, Olivier Martinez, Paul Dano, Maggie Grace and Mark Blucas.

Director James Mangold wrote the script with Scott Frank. Knight & Day is currently scheduled for a July 2, 2010 release.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Tom Cruise?

No, it's not a sequel to Top Gun, but James Mangold's action/comedy Wichita, which is currently shooting for a July 2, 2010 release.

Cruise plays a super spy in the 20th Century Fox film, who turns lonely Cameron Diaz's life upside-down after a blind date, taking her on a violent journey to protect a super-powerful battery that holds the key to an infinite energy source.

Sounds fun! Check out more photos over at Splash News.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Cruise is in talks to star in the comic book adaptation of Sleeper. Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) will be behind the camera for it.

The comic book series centers on an operative whose fusion with an alien artifact makes him impervious to pain and allows him to pass it on to others through skin contact. He's placed undercover in a villainous organization by an intelligence agency and falls for a member of the group, named Miss Misery.

It's been a good summer for Cruise.

His cameo in Tropic Thunder is being lauded as a possible first step into the world of comedic acting, while his next film, Valkyrie, has seen its release date pushed up to December 2008.

Tom Cruise is rumored to be joining the comedy Food Fight.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the controversial actor would portray the pary of a snooty New York chef who is forced to cook meals at a school cafeteria.

Cruise's decision to enter into the comedy genre follows his much buzzed-about performance in Tropic Thunder. In the movie, opening this week, he plays a fat, bald, over-the-top studio exec. The role is receiving rave reviews.

Despite his recent string of bad luck and insane comments, Tom Cruise is still one of the most well-known movie stars on the planet.

Therefore, we'd like to wish the actor a very happy 46th birthday. We're sure Katie Holmes and Suri are celebrating with him today.

It would take too long to list all of Cruise's films here - there are many more movie rumors for us to spread today, after all - but here's a look at some of his impressive resume:

• Lions for Lambs
• Jerry MaGuire
• A Few Good Men