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Behind-the-Scenes of ‘Valkyrie’

Behind-the-Scenes of ‘Valkyrie’

Peep this new behind-the-scenes featurette on Valkyrie, the historical thriller directed by Bryan Singer (Superman Returns, X-Men).

Valkyrie is based on the true story of the German officers’ plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944. An eyepatch-wearing Cruise plays a Nazi German, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. The film is set for a June 28th, 2008 release.

Watch the featurette with Quicktime in regular resolution or high-definition.

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95 Comments

# 1

I refuse to say FIRST. Wait….damn!

# 2

Wait…. this movie doesn’t come out until June ‘08? So what exactly is the point of this behind-the-scenes featurette? Ugggghhhh! Make it stop!

# 4

so many films are out 2008 but this is one film Im dying to see. I saw this on History channel and Discovery channel and my heart is beating from the suspense.

# 5

hes so fat -fat -fat -
wheres that booger that’s normally on his left cheek?

# 6

Tom will butcher this movie,with the old same o same o, like his new movie,I was told was zzzzzzz..yawn..he’s so yesterday..his acting is always the same.

# 7

He looks a bit ridiculous with the wavy hair.

# 8
BOOM.SHAKA.LAKA.boom @ 11/07/2007 at 12:24 am

while tom cruise is a great actor who was once a spunk, i now find him slightly freaky with erratic behaviour

# 9

So Tom will have an accent in this movie. This will be a first I think.

Oh I’m wrong he did that movie with Nicole K. Nevermind.

thatgirlxo @ 11/07/2007 at 12:37 am

okay is it just me or has tom cruise been trying to act as an older zac efron? first the hair, then TRL. wanna come out with a musical too? stick to being tom cruise. thank you.

the management.

I am over this guy… too weird, too eccentric, sorta creepy. I wouldn’t spend money on a Tom Cruise film. His “my way or the highway” mentality is a major turn off.

Wow, he looks really good. Like really, really good. Dang it! I can’t believe I said that!

#13 I agree. He can manage to look good in movies, but I think he is not looking so good in pictures lately.

MUST SEE MOVIE. I hope he gets the Oscars for good.

Looks really good. Thanks JJ.

The reports are that it too will bomb.

shut up fake NBC getting relocated from Burbank to Universal.
Tom is a winner, NBC is the loser of all networks with their Must see Thursdays gone since Friends said au revoir.

An actor who has it all. Love my Tom too bad we have to wait long for this film to come out………….

such an intriguing story to watch. Wont miss
this and Tom’s movies rarely disappoint.

G’night

Go away trolls. Take your meds asap.

TV news and many fanboys have this behind the scenes long time ago but thanks anyway Jared. Better late than never.
Im no expert but I think this movie will be more bigger than Lions for Lambs because the Hitler arc is very deep and interesting. While Lions is excellent the theme hits too close to home and many of the public are so depress about the war and are in denial about it. Very sad actually. Many Americans are not even aware of the domestic and international events but know the celebs and stupid things. You watch the night shows and average Americans are ask who the leader of Russia is and they are still in the USSR time.

thumbs up @ 11/07/2007 at 2:21 am

Im confuse why till this day Tom and so many actors get robbed by the Academy? GRRRRRR.

Im jealous that Tom keeps on shining and looks hot despite his crazy schedule.

He will be directing too once he finds the right script he told Extra. WTG our Tommy and he added he has no political aspirations when reporters ask him.All Tom said he’s just an actor.

Really looks good.Tom is perfect casting
for the role and now it makes sense
why he’s sporting the new haircut.

ILoveSuri @ 11/07/2007 at 2:41 am

He’s a noble man and has a big heart. Best soulfilled guys I met in Hollywood:
1.Tom Cruise
2.Hugh Jackman
3.Brad Pitt
4.Will Smith
5.Paul Newman

kissy kissy to tom

Can’t wait for this.

ilovesuri @ 11/07/2007 at 2:46 am

sweet =)

I would see this for Tom and the amazing script and ensemble cast. Singer is reunited with the Unusual Suspects team so this is one top notch Co.behind the moviemaking.

Amazing person and actor. Very good looking guy.

The gretest actor!!

wow !!!

check the trailer of the movie Valkyrie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7CxRwo8U00

There’s Lions for Lambs,Katie’s movie then Valkyrie.Yeehhaaw.

I love Tom~!! I’m so excited for this film!

TOM CRuis ewill knever get an oscar unless he threatend folks in hollywood like he did at his ol stuido to have him ejected…what an ****
http://www.whyaretheydead.net/

Although beauty is subjective, I htink some folk slive in a really ugly world or fmaily members that they have to classify these 3 as beautiful…hmmmmm

He is a handsome and cute movie star! He looks great in the movie.

he’s a really good actor–i’ll give him that

[~Famous~] @ 11/07/2007 at 7:43 am

Oscar.

I think it will be a success, Tom Cruise always gives a superb performance. Looking forward to this one. I am already geared for Lions for lambs.

Another movie i can’t wait to see.Tom looks fabulous as always.Thanks jared1

I think i’m gonna see this movie.

not very good looking guy

Eddie Izzard’s in this film? I’m THERE! Looks like a great movie. Finally something worth the trip to the theatre.

TOM LOOKS GREAT WITH THAT UNIFORM ON!:p:p:p:p:p

http://www.spymac.com/details/?2298228

He should wear his hair like that off the set. It looks much better then the girly hair he has at the moment. And if it’s a wig - he should buy some and wear them.

I used to be a fan of Tom but ever since Vanilla Sky, I cannot stand him.
He has three kids but until Suri came along we knew nothing about him or his life. Now he’s everywhere with his “Kate”.
Tom, I realize you make lots of money and don’t really care what I think but you are starting to remind me of Michael Jackson for some reason. I think you, your weird little alien and your doll-like wife should head out to a creek and row far and away!

he loooks so good. i didnt know him at first lol..but anyway he looks so romantic and charming

Belle permanente Guy

i agree he looks really good. hot, infact.
but yeah…the hair he wears outside nowadays…..um…..much to be desired.

keep it like this. its really nice!

Won’t be seeing it.

I like his hair in these pics. the hairstyle he is sporting now doesnt work for him.

Here's The Deal @ 11/07/2007 at 12:12 pm

I can’t stand him, but the movie looks like it’s going to be great.

whats there to see …a scientologist pimping his religion and RoBoHo?no thanks..

manamadolf @ 11/07/2007 at 12:33 pm

Oh my god.

Typical ami-s hi t.
The German hate Stauffenberg! This is the truth!

Jen's folly @ 11/07/2007 at 12:34 pm

I love the wavy hair. he looks way cuter than with those bangs and page cuts.

Oh my god.

Typical ami-s hi t.
The German hate stauffenberg! This is the truth!

[Famous Fug Face] @ 11/07/2007 at 12:54 pm

Go cruise

Im behind you Tom.

Can’t wait to see this movie. Tom looks serious and handsome.

@ 57: You’ve got to be kidding!
Coincidence that you’ve got “ADOLF” as a part of your screenname?!

Ditto to what the majority said Im dying to see Cruise in action for Valkyrie. Go Cruise and Go Singer.

dixiegirl @ 11/07/2007 at 2:16 pm

I’m probably alone in this. I don’t like the hair BUT if you cover that up (I can’t believe I’m going to say this), his face actually looks sorta like the old Top Gun face we all used to love. I think it’s the eyes. Oh Tom, what happened to you? Why are you such a freak?

funny girl @ 11/07/2007 at 3:29 pm

uh hello 65 this is a movie and he’s suppose to look like the German Stauffenberg.

[~Famous~] @ 11/07/2007 at 3:51 pm

That Oscar’s gonna look good in his hands

*libraesque* @ 11/07/2007 at 4:03 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
#50……..so this is the look that does it for you? this is your idea of romantic and charming
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

you’re going to get thrown in the dungeon for that little boo boo when your cult bosses get wind of it

Oscar????? Not in his lifetime

Im with you Famous. God luck Tom.

i’ve been a TC fan since I was in high school and now that i’m in my 30s …. still very TC-natic!!!

he looks sooooooo gay!!

I can’t wait to see this movie. And I’m amazed how good Tom still looks! Wow, this man is aging really well. If only I could say the same about Brad, but I still like him!

Nothing but iphone @ 11/07/2007 at 7:15 pm

Cruise look delicious. I can’t beleive I use this word, but that’s what came to my mind once I’ve watch the pictures!

he’s a very talented actor, underrated to me.

I wouldnt kick him out of my bed. Lucky Katie and one actor who can do it all.

Well #74, if your first name is Frank, Tom would LOVE to be in YOUR bed!!

I think some $cientologists are posting here, hence all the “Tom Cruise is so handsome, he rocks!” posts.

How can people who presume to do good cause so much pain?

Warrior
How can people who presume to do good cause so much pain ?
28 Mar 2002

“Outlander” wrote:

I heard today of a case in England from a lady my wife knows well. She is married to a Scientologist - he was not one when they married. So far he has cleared out their joint bank account, given the church ALL his money, and now the church are actually pushing him to re-mortgage their house! She is a lovely honest and openly kind lady but this episode has broken her. She loves him dearly but has recently been to a solicitor to look explore divorce just to protect what little money she has left.

The lawyer told her that being married to a Scientologist in the UK is one of the few “immediate grounds for divorce” in our country. She does not want to divorce him, she loves him, and she has tried to support him, but things as you can see are getting well out of hand.

Does the Church condone such behaviour? What internal checks do you have to ensure that your staff do not exert undue pressure in the pursuit of financial gain? It certainly sounds like the staff concerned are more interested in money than his personal well being.

Apart from my abhorrence at such reported events, what I really don’t understand is how a Church that preports to help its members can get away with such pressure. I could understand purging ones sole by donating all your worldly goods to the poor, but to be pressured into giving over all your money and then pressured into taking out loans of such magnitude for the cleansing offered seems just plain wrong, let alone a bit weird and frightening.

If there is a church member monitoring these messages maybe you can explain how taking all this persons money, destroying his marriage and turning him against all his friends is helping him ? And please, do not answer “you don’t understand” - I have researched your church in some detail and am now deciding what to do about you - but first thought it only fair to give you an opportunity to discuss your side. I would have mailed you but there are no e-mail links on the official sites I have found.

Why are you taking all these peoples money, getting them into dept with little or no likelihood they can meet the repayments, and where is the money going exactly, Can I get a copy of your accounts in the UK? or indeed world-wide ? How are you accountable, and to whom ?

I look forward to your response. Please make it public on this news group, I feel this is a conversation best held in the public Eye.

Also, can you confirm ( or deny ) the circulated information pertaining to Xenu ? The preported story at the Centre of your religion.

This is my first post. I look forward to your answer. I will of course not reveal either my nor the subjects identity further to reading s
http://www.cosvm.org/famly4.htm

Not just Scientologists because many atheists and Christians love him too.

Two of my fave actors Tom Cruise and Bill Nighy.
What’s not to love?

Scientologists ARE atheists. And a true Christian would NEVER support his satanic actions.

Sam, real Christians dont speak ill of others nor they are quick to judge. We are taught by God to leave judgement unto his hands and to love all neighbors.

unless you started your own religion of hate?

This is who tom cruise believes in..a mad mean con man,…LRON Hubbard

http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/bfm/bfmconte.htm

oh shut the **** up with your scientlogy rants..and answer the questions asked insted of going on about your bullshit comparison with the cult and christianity

really anxious
to see this movie.

Miacoppa —–

Your VIP spot in hell awaits you. You are my second in command.

Yours–
Lucifer

Tom will likely have Oscar nod or the Oscar for Valkyrie not for Lions for Lambs. But Oscar or no Oscar he’s worth my admission ticket.

ahahha..maybe you can find an intelligent reply to some of th equestion above rather than stupid nonsense about lucifer..but i hear you scientologist are satanist, so I guess it makes sense to be writing stupid messages as above..why not tell people what bothers you so much about my posts that you want to invite me ot hell with

If I ever believe in going to a hell, it will not be on acount of exposing the CON..but on my own actions whihc have little to do with you cult

COME NOW you…GIVE US AN INTELLIGENT REASON WHY YOU THINK I WILL END UP IN YOU IDEA OF A BAD BAD PLACE…we are ll ears…or do you have to run to miscaviage for the answer first..

The Passion of Tom Cruise
Hollywood’s biggest star is a man driven by absolute faith. But will his transformation into Scientology’s biggest martyr derail his career?

Radar Magazine/August 16, 2005
By Kim Masters
According to a former Scientologist with longtime experience in the Celebrity Centre, Cruise was introduced to the church ‘very gently’ in the late ’80s through his then wife Mimi Rogers. Soon the actor’s handling was being personally overseen by the church’s supreme leader, David Miscavige. For some time, says the former insider, the star’s involvement with Scientology wasn’t well known even within the organization. His file was said to be kept under his real surname: Mapother.

Cruise’s early progress in the church was described in a 1998 interview with Jesse Prince, a onetime high-level Scientologist. (Prince’s account is posted on factnet.org, an anti-Scientology website.) A pro-Scientology website claims that Prince is a former drug dealer who was paid to attack Scientology. Asked about Prince’s account of his experiences as a Scientologist, a church spokesperson characterized Prince and other former high-level church members quoted in this article as ‘discredited sources’ - ‘apostates’ who could not live up to the church’s ethical standards. Attempts to locate Prince for comment were not successful.

Prince remembered that Cruise was a fast riser. “I mean, I’ve never seen a guy progress so quickly through the Scientology ‘levels,’” he said. “I know because I personally sat down and did E-meter drills with him. When I first met him he was nothing.”

For years, according to former Scientologists, Cruise received the kind of special perks that one might expect any organization to lavish on a celebrity member. His treatment was described, in part, by ex-church member Andre Tabayoyon in an affidavit Tabayoyon filed in 1994 as an expert witness in a lawsuit involving the church. (The suit was later abandoned.) Tabayoyon appears to have been well-credentialed: He spent 20 years in the Sea Organization, Scientology’s upper-level staff, he says, and served as L. Ron Hubbard’s butler. When he joined in the early ’70s Tabayoyon signed a standard church contract committing him to one billion years of service. The contract, however, was broken when Tabayoyon, who testified he’d reached his limit for abuse, dropped out in 1992. Now, his wife says, he has nothing to say about the church or the contents of his lengthy affidavit.

During his testimony Tabayoyon said he had spent considerable time working at Gold, a lavishly appointed 500-acre resort built by the church near the high desert town of Hemet, 90 miles from Los Angeles. Tabayoyon said visitors to the resort were greeted by a full-scale replica of a clipper ship (Hubbard was fascinated by ships). Inside the vessel were a sauna, a Jacuzzi, and a large pool. Also on the property: an ‘orchestra-size’ recording studio, film and sound editing facilities, a 32-seat theater, a nine-hole golf course, and a dining facility with seating for 1,100.

A Vietnam veteran, Tabayoyon told a series of breathtakingly dark tales of individuals driven to psychotic episodes, even suicide, as they went through the church’s regimens. He also spoke of forced labor and coercive measures taken by the church to prevent members from leaving: a ‘brainwashing and penal operation’ that he likened to techniques he’d been trained to expect from the Vietcong.

But none of these allegations would have reached Cruise’s ears, because in those days only David Miscavige was allowed to talk to Cruise when he visited Gold, according to Tabayoyon. “One time one of the gardeners spoke to him, and this caused a major flap on the base,” he said.

Miscavige, who was born into the church and became part of an elite crew reporting to Hubbard at an early age, grew extremely close to the actor as they spent more time together at the resort. A physically fit five-foot-five-inch man who, like Cruise, is known for his intense drive and energy, Miscavige took pains to make his special guest feel at home. Both Prince and Tabayoyon reported that Cruise was awarded a luxurious private apartment. Tabayoyon said the actor kept two Yamaha motorcycles, a Mercedes-Benz, and a large motor home in what used to be Hubbard’s parking lot. Construction and renovation were handled with great care. In his affidavit Tabayoyon says he was asked to pour a concrete walkway “so that Tom Cruise would not have to walk on the desert soil. Before the concrete dried it rained. The concrete was spoiled.” Miscavige “went into a fury over that,” Tabayoyon said.

When Cruise married Nicole Kidman in 1990, Tabayoyon said, the church leader accompanied the couple to Colorado for the wedding. Prince said Cruise had ‘a fantasy of just running through a field of tall grass’ with his new wife. He remembers workers at Gold “staying up overnight, just extended schedules, de-rocking, plowing a field, planting tall wheat grass, and when Nicole Kidman came - here’s a field. Now they’re running through the damn field of grass. It took weeks.”

Scientology hasn’t always been a romp for Cruise. Prince’s interview asserts that the star went through difficult times as he moved to the organization’s higher levels, hitting a rough patch more than 10 years ago, when he rose to OT III. (OT stands for Operating Thetan, thetan being Scientology’s term for the soul. Cruise is said to be at OT VII, one below the top level currently attainable in the church.) At OT III, according to former Scientologists, the story of Xenu is revealed. While the church disputes ex-members’ accounts, the gospel goes (briefly) as follows: Seventy-five million years ago Xenu, the head of a galactic alliance of 76 planets, was confronted with an overpopulation problem. His solution was to freeze billions of beings, transport them to earth, deposit them near volcanoes, and vaporize them with hydrogen bombs. Their remaining ‘thetans’ - disembodied spirits - were captured and programmed with the false realities (including the major religions) that pervade the earth today. Some of these beings ‘body thetans’ have attached themselves to our bodies either singly or in clusters; Scientologists must contact, handle, and release them.

Many former Scientologists found the introduction to OT III harrowing; according to Prince, Cruise was no exception. “He got onto OT III and he had black circles under his eyes,” Prince said. “He was, like, pretty screwed up”. After OT III he just got that pasty skin and that foolish look. He just wanted Scientology to be away from him. He wanted to do no more auditing, just nothing with any of that stuff, just go back to Hollywood and his home.”

But the church was unwilling to watch its most celebrated member slip away. According to Prince’s account, the actor was given a break. “He was taken off any kind of real heavy auditing, and just, ‘Let’s have some fruit, let’s get exercise, come to the exercise room, let’s play basketball, let’s do this.’ I was leaving as that was going on.”

Tory Christman, a former Scientologist who once worked in the Celebrity Centre, believes that at some point Cruise rededicated himself to Scientology. In the early ’90s, Christman says, she was strongly urged to attend a big event at Flag, the church’s facility in Clearwater, Florida, during which Cruise spoke to the group. “Before that he was doing his thing. He wasn’t really a public Scientologist,” says Christman. “Travolta was. All of a sudden Cruise came out and was like, ‘I’m a Scientologist. I’m a trained auditor.”

Watching the star’s performance, Christman concluded that Cruise had been ‘handled,’ or brought into line with the church’s agenda. She had in the past observed similar handlings, during which individuals were told that they were uniquely qualified and essential to the church’s mission.

The truth about what kept Cruise in the fold may never be known, since at the time he wasn’t receptive to discussing Scientology with the outside world. In 1993, when reporter John H. Richardson began to research an article for Premiere magazine, Cruise would only reply to written fact-checking questions with the understanding that his answers would be printed without alteration. In response to one of those questions, Cruise complained, “I have no idea why my religion, or anybody’s, would be the subject of an article.”

What really riled him, however, were Richardson’s questions about his relationship with David Miscavige. “This question is just off the wall,” Cruise bristled. “We are friends. And how is this relevant to anything? It’s offensive that I should even have to answer this question.” After describing the leader as ‘a good friend,’ the star lamented that they rarely saw each other.

A year later Tabayoyon painted a more revealing portrait of Cruise and Miscavige’s relationship. His affidavit says the two spent a lot of time together on the Hemet base. “Often they would hang out alone in the space designated for L. Ron Hubbard on the clipper ship we built in the desert,” testified Tabayoyon. “This space had a small kitchen, a little dining room, a little bar, and a bed”. On other occasions Miscavige and Cruise would work out in the expensive gym we built for exclusive and restricted use.”

The affidavit continues: ‘Obviously, Miscavige and Cruise have developed a special relationship.’

Why is Cruise so important to the cult?

Scientology Policies on Celebrities
Scientology has had a written program governing celebrity recruitment since at least 1955, when L. Ron Hubbard created “Project Celebrity”, offering rewards to Scientologists who recruited targetted celebrities. A Scientology policy letter of 1976 states that “rehabilitation of celebrities who are just beyond or just approaching their prime” enables the “rapid dissemination” of Scientology.

Scientology policy governs the Celebrity Centre (the main one in Los Angeles and others in Paris, Nashville, and elsewhere), stating that “one of the major purposes of the Celebrity Centre and its staff is to expand the number of celebrities in Scientology.” (Scientology Flag Order 2310) Another order describes Celebrity Centre’s Public Clearing Division and its goal, “broad public into Scientology from celebrity dissemination”; this division has departments for planning celebrity events and routing the general public onto Scientology services as a result of celebrity involvement.
http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/the-dangerous-celebrity-cult.htm

Thank you so much for the information, not giving my money to these folks..I found a list of scientology celebrities on wiki..if you are interested go over and take a peek…

Wow, Tom looks really really good! He looks almost like Superman (either Christopher Reeve or that cute new one).

you mean Brandon Routh. All handsome including our Tom Cruise. Kate Bosworth did say she reminds Brandon Routh of Tom Cruise.

Im watching ABC news online with Streep,Redford and Tom and so cute when Streep talked about Suri and tomorrow Access Hollywood will feature some new teasers of Valkyrie.

Pnce again a VERY informative post by Mia!! THANKS!

Looking forward to this one. Fanboys especially Superman fans have been following this movie because of Singer and Cruise.

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