One scene in the 1983 Tom Cruise movie Risky Business made his co-star, Joe Pantoliano, decide to get a nose job, after seeing an image of himself next to the lead actor. The ’80s teen comedy follows Joel Goodsen (Cruise) as he hires a sex worker, Lana (Rebecca De Mornay), after being left home alone for a few days. However, his mother’s Steuben glass egg falls into the hands of Lana’s boss, Guido (Pantoliano), with Joel forced to find a way to get the egg back, and pay for damages when his father’s car crashes.
Speaking with Empire Magazine about the film, Pantoliano revealed how a particular image of him and Cruise from Risky Business made him decide to get a nose job. The actor explained how much bigger his nose was contrasted with his co-star’s, making him fear he’d be typecast as a villain because of the way it looked. He also joked that, now that he’s gotten it done, he instead portrays