MOVIES - Aug. 7, 1991

Sure ‘n’ Begorra!: Tom Cruise, in Dublin to film “The Irish Story” with his Australian wife Nicole Kidman, is finding the Irish accent hard to pick up. “I thought it would have been a lot easier,” admits the 29-year-old star of “Top Gun,” “Rain Man” and “The Color of Money.” “Nicole has picked it up quicker than I have.” To brush up his brogue, Cruise has been listening to tapes of plays by Irish writer Sean O’Casey and working with two dialect coaches.