Tom Cruise, icon of the asexual revolution
By Spirit FingersFrom the moment Tom Cruise confessed to Reader’s Digest magazine that women “smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.” we all kind of knew that the day was coming. And yet I didn’t expect it so soon and I feel so unprepared for the toothy, intense storm of womanising that may be about to occur:
TOM Cruise is set to play Hugh Hefner in a new biopic of the Playboy founder’s life, and hopes that it will confound all those who doubt his acting ability.
The 45-year-old actor, who has an 18-month-old daughter Suri with his actress wife Katie Holmes, is hot favourite to portray the 81-year-old lothario in upcoming movie Playboy and is reportedly excited about the prospect of bringing Hefner’s “colourful life” to the big screen.
A source close to the actor said: “Tom knows of Hugh’s colourful past and thinks he would be the perfect person to bring it to the big screen.
“He also thinks the role would be a challenge for him, and would remind people of his versatility as an actor. At the moment people are concentrating on his personal life, and his marriage to Katie - but he wants to remind them that he can act too.”
I don’t know how he plans to pull this off, but he’s going to need more than just a smoking jacket and seven blonde girlfriends by his side. Because as I see it, the guy currently looks way more Halston rather than Hefner.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:10 am
There’s no way in the world he is going to be believable in this role. He’s not even believable in his role as a husband and father!
February 9th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Oh, no. No no no no no no no no. Delusion has hit his tiny little head.