I dont like spreading rumors, so I looked up the whole tom Cruise thing on snopes. Its a mixture of truth and fiction. Either way, Ive never been a fan and definitely am not a fan now. Heres the scope: Claim: Tom Cruise said that being an actor is like serving in Afghanistan. MIXTURE Example: [Collected via e-mail, November 2013] In an interview Tom Cruise said being an actor is like serving in Afghanistan. True? Origins: In October 2012, actor Tom Cruise filed a $50 million libel suit against Life & Style and InTouch magazines in response to those periodicals publishing cover stories claiming that Cruise had abandoned his daughter Suri after he split up with wife Katie Holmes, Suris mother. In September 2013, Cruise sat for a deposition connected with that lawsuit. On 8 November 2013, the TMZ celebrity gossip site ran a story which characterized Cruise as describing his work as an actor as being as hard as fighting in Afghanistan. This bit of TMZ gossip was quickly picked up and widely disseminated, usually accompanied by declarations mocking Cruise for having the hubris to compare acting in films with the real-life sacrifices and hardship of actually serving in a combat zone. However, TMZs story was based only a brief quotation from Cruises deposition; the context in which Cruise made the statement was not provided, nor was a full transcript of the deposition provided to readers: Tom Cruise not only thinks he trains harder than Olympic athletes, he believes his job as a professional actor is as grueling as fighting the war in Afghanistan — this according to legal docs obtained by TMZ. First, the Middle East — Tom says his location shoots are just like serving a tour in Afghanistan, Thats what it feels like. And certainly on this last movie, it was brutal. It was brutal. All one can tell from this excerpt is that Cruise described a previous film shoot as brutal and in some way supposedly likened it to serving a tour of duty in Afghanistan. But its difficult to tell just what he meant by that comparison from this brief snippet provided by TMZ, as it doesnt even quote the portion of Cruises statement in which he referenced Afghanistan, nor does it link to a full transcript of the deposition in which Cruises comment can be read in context. Other reporting of this story provided the fuller context that the original reference to Afghanistan was one made by Cruises lawyer, not Cruise himself, and that it was intended as a comparison of location film shoots and military tours of duty as aspects of occupations requiring participants to be separated from their families for extended periods of time: Cruise [was] asked about his lawyers equating of his absence from Suri to that of a soldiers absence from his family while fighting in Afghanistan. I didnt hear the Afghanistan [comment], but thats what it feels like, and certainly on this last movie, it was brutal. It was brutal, Cruise [said]. Last updated: 9 November 2013 Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2013 by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson. This material may not be reproduced without permission. snopes and the snopes logo are registered service marks of snopes. Read more at snopes/politics/quotes/afghanistan.asp#MCFVqiV4vmTIaf5a.99
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 02:13:27 +0000
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