Hollywood’s Shortest Actors
Tom Cruise, 5’7″, is preparing to play Jack Reacher, a character nearly a foot taller than he is – but some Hollywood actors have always been a bit touchy about their height. Humphrey Bogart was 5′ 8″ but he was concerned that audiences would notice that he was smaller than Ingrid Bergman, his co-star in Casablanca. In some scenes, Bergman was told to slouch down on a sofa – with Bogart sitting on extra cushions – to level up their heights. For stars what’s more important than a tall frame is a big head and big eyes.
