Tom Cruise dreamed of being a Catholic priest when he was younger but was asked to leave a seminary after being caught stealing alcohol.

The 'All You Need is Kill' actor - who is now one of the most famous followers of the Church of Scientology - had his heart set on becoming a Catholic priest when he was a teenager but his ambitions were cut short when it was suggested he didn't...

Connor Cruise has landed his first major film role.

The 17-year-old aspiring actor - son of Tom Cruise and his ex-wife Nicole Kidman - stars in the remake of 80s teen action movie 'Red Dawn', which is about a group of teenagers who look to save their Washington State town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.

The film - which also stars Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson and...

Tom Cruise is likely to film a 'Top Gun' sequel before 'Mission: Impossible 5'.

The iconic actor is reportedly close to signing a deal to appear in a follow-up to the 1986 movie about an elite US flying school for fighter pilots with Paramount, and the studio's president Adam Goodman has confirmed wheels are in motion to create the film.

He told The Hollywood Reporter: "We'll...

Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun' sequel has a new writer.

Although 'X-Men: First Class' writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz were previously working on a script for the follow up to the 1986 action movie - which featured Tom as an advanced fighter pilot - 'The Town's Peter Craig will now be solely responsible for penning the new movie.

While details of the plot are being kept under...

Andrea Riseborough has joined the cast of Tom Cruise's new movie.

The 30-year-old beauty - who most recently starred in Madonna's 'W.E' - will take a leading role in the as-yet-untitled film, where she will play a beautiful woman who crash-lands on a post-apocalyptic Earth.

The love story, previously titled 'Oblivion' and 'Horizons', tells the tale of a future earth where...

Director Brad Bird said he feared he might be the director who kills Tom Cruise.

The Oscar-winning helmer was concerned the Hollywood actor might come to an untimely end during their latest movie 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol', which sees the 49-year-old star hanging off the tallest skyscraper in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

When asked if he ever thought he...

Paula Patton was 'praying' for Tom Cruise as he jumped off the world's tallest building.

The 36-year-old Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' actress said she could not go on the outside of the Burj Khalifa building - which stands at 2,723 feet tall - herself but was hopeful Tom, who returns as Ethan Hunt in the franchise, would perform his death-defying stunt without injury....

Tom Cruise was 'inspiring' to work with on set for 'Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol'.

The 49-year-old actor - who plays American agent Ethan Hunt in the popular sequel - left co-star Paula Patton 'paralysed' when she first met him.

Paula - who plays Jane Carter - said: 'When you first meet him, if you think about meeting him then you'll just get paralysed. So I didn't think...

Taylor Lautner would 'kill' to have a career like Tom Cruise.

The 19-year-old hunk studied the 'Mission Impossible' actor and other action stars to prepare for his role in 'Abduction' and admits he would love to emulate their success.

He said: 'The most important thing I did was sit down beforehand and watch a lot of movie and study actors that I look up to.

'We studied...

Tom Cruise is receiving online backlash over his casting as ex-soldier Jack Reacher in the adaptation of Lee Child's book series.

Critics have branded Cruise too small to play the popular fictional character.

The star of many action blockbuster films including Top Gun, the Mission Impossible franchise and Minority Report has been confirmed as playing the hero, Reacher in One...