Oscar-winning screenwriter slams Tom Cruise and says relationship with Nicole Kidman was just for career: ‘Ego-centred lunatic’ celebrities
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American screenwriter Frederick Raphael has made his disdain for Tom Cruise clear in his new book ‘The Last Post’. daily Mail, It was even left to Nicole Kidman, who was married to the star between 1990 and 2001.
Frederick is an Oscar winner for the script of ‘Darling: She Loved Too Much’ (1965); Among his works is the story for the film Eyes Wide Shut (1999), a classic directed by Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) and starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
The 91-year-old author has accused Tom Cruise and Stanley Kubrick’s wife Christiane Harlan of trying to remove her name from the credits for the final version of “Eyes Wide Shut”. Frederick also alleges that the two wrote “some derogatory things” about him on the Wikipedia website.
He wrote in the book, “I was never called a liar by anyone, as I was called by the Harlan clan and Tom Cruise, a self-absorbed control freak whom I never spoke to.”
While addressing Kubrick, he attacked the couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. He continued, “There was some naïveté in your idea that by casting a couple (in real life) as a couple (in a film) you would be able to put the ‘truth’ on screen,” he continued, “You honestly thought Cruise and Kidman were united by genuine passion rather than a careerist union?
He still takes the opportunity to question Nicole Kidman’s quality as an actress. “Kidman has been the star of many people over the years: (but) can you think of a single movie of hers that you would like to see again?” he asks.
Oscar winner for ‘The Hours’ (2002), Nicole Kidman still holds top film awards for ‘Moulin Rouge’ (2001), ‘Refining Happiness’ (2010), ‘Lion: A Journey Home’, (2016) There are four other nominations for ) and ‘Introducing the Ricardos’ (2021).
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman have not commented on Frederic Raphael’s lines. During the time they were together, the former couple adopted two children: Connor (28) and Isabella (30).
