Tom Cuise was in Japan last week with his wife, Katie Holmes, and their 2-year-old daughter, Suri, to promote his new film, "Valkyrie." As always, the star did the best he could to please his Japanese fans, spending over two hours outside a theater in Roppongi shaking hands and signing autographs; and the next day he flew from Tokyo to Osaka on a chartered plane (dubbed "Sky Cruise") with 40 lucky people selected from 3,000 applicants.
Before meeting his worshippers, Cruise attended a news conference held at The Ritz Carlton Tokyo in Roppongi on March 10, where he shared his thoughts on playing Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, a heroic German officer who led a failed assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler in 1944.
"I really hate the Nazis," said the 46-year-old actor. He added that when he was in school, he studied general history, but did not know of von Stauffenberg's story until he read the script.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.