Grandiose: characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration.
NYDailyNews: “Top Gun” superstar Tom Cruise believes his job as action star in the movies is just as tough as soldiers serving tours in Afghanistan.
“That’s what it feels like,” Cruise said in legal documents obtained by TMZ. “And certainly on this last movie, it was brutal. It was brutal.”
In the court deposition, the “Mission Impossible” actor also compares his Hollywood preparation to the top athletes in the world.
“There is difficult physical stamina and preparation,” he says. “Sometimes I’ve spent months, a year, and sometimes two years preparing for a single film. A sprinter for the Olympics, they only have to run two races a day. When I’m shooting, I could potentially have to run 30, 40 races a day, day after day.”
Cruise’s shocking deposition came as part of his $50 million lawsuit accusing Life & Style and In Touch magazines of defaming him by saying he had “abandoned” his daughter Suri.
Despite the tough lifestyle, Cruise does admit in the documents obtained by TMZ that he has only flown commercially once in four years — because he had no other option.
Earlier this week, TMZ reported that Cruise denies abandoning his daughter. “I have in no way cut Suri out of my life — whether physically, emotionally, financially or otherwise,” he reportedly wrote. “Even during the times when I was working overseas and was not able to see Suri in person, we were (and continue to be) extremely close.”
The superstar actor admitted that Katie Holmes dumped him to spare Suri from Scientology, according to the deposition, obtained by RadarOnline.
Cruise last appeared on the big screen last year with “Oblivion,” a science fiction effort which received mixed reviews.
Hey Cruise, if your “preparation” is so tough, I’d like to see you apply your skills with these guys – just saying (don’t forget your fake bullets).
Put your money where your mouth is Maverick.
DCG