Didn't Like Valkyrie? No Face Time With Cruise

Star has strict requirements for reporters on movie promotion circuit

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 19, 2009 11:08 AM CST

(Newser) – Want to interview Tom Cruise? Then you’d better have seen—and liked—his latest movie, Valkyrie, Gawker reports in summarizing a Q&A session with Italian publication LeiWeb (with an assist from Google translation). If you didn't like the movie, “there is no reason to meet Tom,” the interviewer notes. Also on the list of Cruise’s requirements? Read a letter stating that Scientology has never been banned in Germany.

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In this image released by MGM, Tom Cruise portrays Claus von Stauffenberg in "Valkyrie." (AP Photo/MGM, Frank Connor)

Tom Cruise answers reporters' question during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday. (AP Photo)

Tom Cruise waves his hand to his fans upon his arrival in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, where he's promoting his new movie "Valkyrie." (AP Photo)

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Didn't Like Valkyrie? No Face Time With Cruise