A screenwriter who worked with Tom Cruise in the erotic drama Eyes Wide Shut has labeled the Hollywood star an “egocentric control freak” among other things.Frederic Raphael, 91, made the claims about the actor in his new book, Last Post, in which he targeted the Mission: Impossible star’s career, links to Scientology, and his failed marriage to Aussie actress Nicole Kidman.Raphael fell out with the film’s director Stanley Kubrick in 1999, when he released his first memoir, Eyes Wide Open, where he was very critical of Kubrick’s directing style, which led to him being uninvited to the film’s premiere.Now in his new book, Raphael again slammed Kubrick and accused the Hollywood heavyweight’s wife Christiane Harlan and her brother Jan Harlan of spearheading the unflattering portrayal of him on Wikipedia.The author also roped Cruise into the drama by claiming the actor knew of the Wikipedia entry.“The Harlans and Master Cruise have managed to insert some derogatory stuff in my Wikipedia entry,” he writes, as obtained by the Daily Mail.Raphael’s claims appear to stem from the Wikipedia entry citing film critic Roger Ebert’s interview with Cruise in 1999, where he sided with Kubrick in the feud.“[Raphael] wouldn’t have written it if Stanley had been alive,” Cruise is quoted saying in the interview.“Opportunistic. Self-serving.
Tom Cruise Reacts To Rumour That His Co-Stars ‘Couldn’t Look Him In The Eye’ On Set
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Tom Cruise makes epic blockbuster films, but the 61-year-old actor and producer doesn’t consider himself above his co-stars and film crew members.
In a new profile for The Times of London, Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part 1” co-stars and collaborators open up about the man behind the mega star.
In the flattering profile, Cruise’s “Mission” director, Christopher McQuarrie (aka McQ), recalls asking the Oscar-nominated actor for the “weirdest story” he’d ever heard about himself.
McQ says that Cruise laughed and said the strangest rumour was that people on set “were not allowed to look me in the eye.”
In 2020, Cruise’s rant against a crew member who was not following COVID-19 protocols went viral. During the recorded moment, the actor angrily shouts at the person who was not following social distancing rule, “If I see you do that again, you’re f**king gone.”
Cruise’s co-star, Simon Pegg, defends the actor’s behaviour in the new profile, saying, “Everything that Tom cares about, in terms of his job, was at stake due to the pandemic. For him there was a danger this virus could wipe cinema off the face of this earth.”
Pegg goes on to note that cinema is not “frivolous,” adding, “Cinema brings people together at a time we’re pulling apart, and that just added to Tom’s determination to put people in a room together. The power of cinema is, for him, precious and it’s vital we sustain it.”
On Monday, ET’s Nischelle Turner spoke with Cruise at the New York City premiere of “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part 1”, which ET hosted, and he opened up about his love for making blockbuster films.
“[I hope] the people are entertained… In my movies, whatever genre that I’m making, I want them to be entertained,” he
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