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Tom Cruise
speaks during an interview at MuchMusic in Toronto, Dec. 8, 2008.
speaks during an interview at MuchMusic in Toronto, Dec. 8, 2008.
December 09, 2008
Linda Barnard
Movies
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Tom Cruise wants to be a song and dance man.
The star of movies like Mission: Impossible, Top Gun and
Rain Man, in town to promote his upcoming World War II thriller
Valkyrie, tells the Star he'd like to make a musical.
"I'm glad musicals are coming back, so I can really embarrass myself," Cruise
said with his trademark hearty laugh.
We know Cruise has the right moves – from his underpants dance in Risky
Business to last summer's comedic turn as foul-mouthed and flabby producer Les
Grossman in Tropic Thunder, he's good on his feet. But we've never
heard him sing.
"Exactly!" said Cruise with a grin, slapping his knees with his palms.
"I will sing, if I can find the right one, I will sing and you will tell me
if I did it or not. It's an interesting challenge."
Cruise said he was anxious to spend a couple of days promoting Valkyrie in Toronto, a city "I love." It's also where he started to learn to fly in
1994.
The movie, which opens Christmas Day, stars Cruise in the true story of Col.
Claus von Stauffenberg, who lead a plot to overthrow Adolph Hitler by
assassinating him in 1944.
Directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, the X-Men movies) and
with a heavyweight supporting cast including Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom
Wilkinson and Terence Stamp, Valkyrie has had its share of
problems.
The opening dates has shifted a number of times from last summer, and there
were initial reports Cruise and Singer were prevented from shooting in Germany
because of Cruise's Scientology faith. Both have denied that in published
reports.
Cruise was also quick to deny the latest rumour swirling – that wife Katie,
starring on Broadway in All My Sons, is expecting a sibling for 2 1/2-year-old
Suri.
"No she's not,' he said.
Would they like to expand the family? Cruise also has two older kids,
Isabella 14 and Connor, 12, adopted with ex-wife Nicole Kidman.
"I will have 10 children, I always wanted to be a father and I love kids," he
said. "I feel very fortunate to have the children, a 2 1/2-year-old and the
teenagers. It's a great dynamic."
Read more of Linda Barnard's interview with Tom Cruise in the
Entertainment section of tomorrow's Toronto Star.
Laurie
We will see what kind of voice the man have.Never can tell.
It may be good or bad.I will go along with the good.