Tuesday
16Sep2008
Tom Cruise Is Out...of the New 'Shrek' Movie
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 5:24PM 
Earlier this month
Cinema Blend
reported that
Tom Cruise was being mentioned for a role in
Shrek Goes Fourth, and that he was likely to
play the villain in the animated flick.
Today, Cruise has quashed the rumors, thanks to a brief
comment by his representative, Jeff Raymond. "As of today, there is no truth to
the Tom Cruise-Shrek 4 rumor," Raymond tells
E! News. That's it; that's all you get.
Because he's a mouthpiece for Tom Cruise, Jeff Raymond sure must say no a lot.
Very few stars have to deflect as much as often as Cruise.
But even that statement is a bit enigmatic; what's this
"As of today" business? Was he attached and he's not now? Was he never attached
but hopes to be? Or is it just a poor choice of words?
DreamWorks has not yet commented, but Camp Cruise seems
to want to put this rumor to rest. But I would think this would be exactly the
kind of exposure Cruise would need now, being attached to a movie guaranteed to
make money; he hasn't been around one of those for a few years.
Strangely, because of his
Tropic
Thunder cameo, he's probably had the best summer of anyone linked
to Shrek Goes Fourth.
Diaz did OK with her Vegas movie, but
Eddie Murphy
and Mike Myers
took two of the worst critical beatings all year with Meet Dave and The Love
Guru.
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