Is Tom Cruise gay?
No stupid answers from me. I'm much older than 12. According to nndb.com, his sexuality is a matter of dispute. I've heard the same rumor for years now. My wife believes he is in denial. Having said that, I used to hear t he same thing about Richard Gere but that was just silly. I actually wonder if Cruise isn't bisexual in the same way that (apparently) Cary Grant appeared to be. I think he became a Scientologist to help him repress his true desires. (Scientology eschews homosexuality.) The other 'evidence' is the many lawsuits that he has filed proclaiming that he is not gay. I don't know, but if I had rumors about me like that, I would probably just let it lie. After all, it's not like it's wrong to be gay. It's actually no big deal at all. One interesting point is that Liberace also sued many times in a vain attempt to dispute claims that he was gay. He was of course, yet the Liberace museum here in Vegas skirt over that one quite nicely. Mostly because that's what he would have wanted. One last thing: the National Enquirer found an old copy of a gay man's magazine with pictures of a very young Cruise posing provocatively. Cruise's people denied that he had done any such posing, but later confirmed the fact once they were informed that issues with pictures do still exist. The magazine "Parlee" caters to an almost exclusively gay male audience in the New York and New Jersey area.
Why do people think Tom Cruise is crazy or a psychopath? Has he said that he is or done anything to prove it?
As others have mentioned, his Oprah couch jumping and Scientology beliefs are the main reason.I recently heard an interview with Cruise’s friend Simon Pegg (who acted alongside Cruise in Mission Impossible). He said that Cruise mentioned Scientology once in a conversation and that was it. There was no trying to convert him. He also said that Cruise is great fun to be around.I don't know Cruise personally, but in interviews I’ve always found him to be likeable and funny. Apparently he really is a nice guy and I can think of several actors who come across as being much crazier.
For what movie was the highest total compensation ever paid to an actor or actress for a single movie performance? Extrapolation of historical amounts paid into today's dollars is acceptable.
Keanu Reeves for The Matrix Reloaded ($126 million)Reeves also made a whopping $262 million for The Matrix Trilogy. For the first film, he took $10 million plus 10% of the gross. The Matrix made $460 million worldwide, giving him an additional $46 million on top of his $10 million upfront. For Matrix Reloaded, he took $15 million upfront plus 15% of the gross, which ended up with $126 million total! He made $80 million for Matrix Revolutions. The highest paid salary for a NON SEQUEL goes to...Bruce Willis earned $120 million for The Sixth Sense, the single biggest payday for an actor for a SINGLE movie performance. He received $14 million up front, plus 17% of the gross profit. The film made $670 million worldwide. Below are the biggest paydays for an actor beyond that, including some additional details.Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible Franchise ($290 million)Highest paid actor portraying a single character. Cruise earned $290 million from all four Mission Impossible movies. Of course, this included his producer fee for all of them as well ($70 million for first, $75 million for second, $75 million for third, and $70 million for fourth).Johnny Depp and the Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise ($185 million)He received $20 million for the first, $60 million for the second, $50 million for the third, $55 million for the fourth. Tom Cruise for War of the Worlds ($100 million)Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump ($70 million)Harrison Ford for Indiana Jones 4 ($65 million)Jack Nicholson for Batman ($60 million)Adam Sandler for Anger Management ($60 million)Leonardo DiCaprio for Inception ($59 million)Will Smith for Bad Boys II ($54 million)Robert Downey Jr. for Avengers ($50 million)Will Smith for Men in Black II ($44 million) Leonardo DiCaprio for Titanic ($40 million)Tom Hanks for Saving Private Ryan ($40 million)Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland ($40 million)