But he’s not all through with his former bouts of big dick-ery just yet. InMagnolia, Anderson’s hilariously humongous prosthetic is Tom Cruise, who plays a magnoliously oily expert on the art of seduction. “You never expect to get the world’s biggest movie star for your film,” he says, “but when you do, you run with it.” Cruise clearly adored every raw, randy line Anderson wrote for him, and, on-screen, his every move appears coiled and ready for more—right down to the sea monster that seems to be straining in his briefs. But is that touch of Dirk Diggler for real?
Anderson smiles cinemascopically, a foam of Diet Coke still ringing his lips. “Tom Cruise is the biggest movie star in the world,” he says, like a carny barker letting the promise of freakish grandeur sell his show. “Are you kidding? Of course he’s got the world’s biggest ****.”
