Or maybe the premise of your thread is worded poorly. If you're 3rd on the call sheet. You're not technically stealing the show as you're still high on the call sheet. For example, Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight wouldn't technically count. The Tom Cruise Example would count as he was all the way at the bottom of the call sheet, yet stole she show in the film.
you offbrand as hell.
trying to qualify tom Cruise as a lesser billed actor.
hell tha fukk nah.
bill = draw
lesser bill = minimum drawing power and thus lower and lesser billed on the card
tom cruise = feature blockbuster draw period.
heath ledger was a failed blockbuster draw from first knight.
where they tried to modernized with rock socre soundtrack in medieval oerjid piecds tjat still do not work ala guy ritchie's attempt ti make king srthur into heman.
of ehich he proved skeptics and board fikm house higher ups correct.
as ledger became a druggie a died.
plus ledger only got a reluctant audition.
as he came on the cheap and got the part because he fell so far.
he had to prove he could even do the role past auditions and scrutiny too.
tom cruise would be a feature actor like brando in superman and is not lesser billed.
ledger would be lesser bulled because he was a bonafide failed blockbuster actor. Who fell to being lesser billed.
art barr