I was watching “The Outsiders” the other day for my Adolescent Literature class and I had to do a double-take when I saw that an extremely young Tom Waits was starring as a character named Buck Merrill.  I didn’t know he was an actor.  Another fun fact about the film: It is filled with an all-star cast from Tom Cruise to Rob Lowe, to the karate kid and Emilio Estevez.  But my favorite character has to be Tom Cruise’s two front teeth.  Dear Lord those things were jacked. I couldn’t concentrate on anything else in the scene when Cruise was talking.  Just…horrendous.  Guess we all have our humble beginnings.

I was watching “The Outsiders” the other day for my Adolescent Literature class and I had to do a double-take when I saw that an extremely young Tom Waits was starring as a character named Buck Merrill.  I didn’t know he was an actor.  Another fun fact about the film: It is filled with an all-star cast from Tom Cruise to Rob Lowe, to the karate kid and Emilio Estevez.  But my favorite character has to be Tom Cruise’s two front teeth.  Dear Lord those things were jacked. I couldn’t concentrate on anything else in the scene when Cruise was talking.  Just…horrendous.  Guess we all have our humble beginnings.