Cast discusses the highlights of 'Rock of Ages'

Shankman wasn't aware if Cruise had the Oakley sunglasses cheap for men 2012 hot sale 1552 chops, but he had noticed the actor's ability to go way out (and even dance) when he wowed as agent Les Grossman in 2008's Tropic Thunder. "I tease Tom that his audition for this was Tropic Thunder," says Shankman. "That was a revelation. But I thought if I can get the biggest movie star in the world to play the world's biggest rock star, it would be truly extraordinary." Cast discusses the highlights of 'Rock of Ages' He proposed the idea to Cruise when he ran into him at Adam Sandler's holiday party in 2010. "He was totally game," says Shankman. Cruise went off to scale the tallest building in the world for Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol and then returned to transform into the rocker. Shankman hired vocal coach Ron Anderson, who worked with Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose, to train Cruise, and the two traveled to Cruise's house for a vocal test drive. "I had no idea what he would sound like. All I knew was that he hadn't sung before," says Anderson. "But when he hit the high G note the first time, I knew right away we had it. It was a real awakening." "That was my 'Eureka!' moment," adds Oakley sunglasses fashion on sale 1554 Shankman. Cruise and Anderson worked on intense vocal exercises for nearly five months before the start of production — twice a day, every day. "He had a lot of stuff going on. But when he was with me, he was completely focused on exactly what he needed to do," says Anderson. "We'd go until 9 or 10 at night in the second session." The rock-star college also included guitar lessons, intensive work with his trainer to achieve his cut look and choreography with So You Think You Can Dance judge Mia Michaels to get everything down, from his swagger to his stage routines. Michaels was dubious about what she could pull out of Cruise, who is not a natural dancer. 'Rock' choreographer praises Tom Cruise's dance skills "But no matter how sore he was from the day before, he was in his Stacee Jaxx gear ahead of schedule and would literally run into the room in his Oakley sunglasses hot sale best online 1555 cowboy boots," says Michaels. "He did everything at every moment to dive in."