Tom Cruise has hit back at Dr Kim Howells, Britain’s minister for tourism, who claimed that the Hollywood action hero was too scared of terrorism to fly to Britain, by pointing out that he is a licenced pilot.
Dr Howells criticised “swashbuckling heroes like Tom Cruise” who were “too frightened to fly” in the wake of 11 September and the threat posed by Al-Qaida terrorists.
But, when he said that Cruise lacked the “balls” to fly, his attack prompted the star of Top Gun to fire back. “Afraid of flying? He’s a pilot,” Cruise’s spokeswoman said. “His airplane is his second home.” Cruise regularly takes the controls of a £20 million Challenger jet.
“Tom was over there (Britain) this past year promoting Minority Report,” the spokeswoman said. “In fact, he was all over Europe. Maybe he (Dr Howells) said it because Mr Cruise wasn’t in Cannes? But that’s because he’s shooting The Last Samurai in New Zealand. It’s pretty hard to be in two places at the same time.”

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On a more merrier note, Minority Report won 3 Saturn Awards. Best director: Steven Spielberg, Best supporting Actress: Samantha Morton and Best Science fiction film.