Nice Guy or Fanatic: How Scientology Ruined Tom Cruise’s Life

Tom Cruise played his first film role at the age of 19 – in the film Endless Love (1981). The handsome actor was noticed by directors and producers, and his career skyrocketed. In 1988, after filming in the movie Rain Man, Cruz became popular all over the world.

In the 90s, he starred in 10 films, including “Interview with the Vampire”, “Mission Impossible” (then another 6 films were released), “Eyes Wide Shut”. In the last film, he starred with his second wife Nicole Kidman, and soon after the end of filming, they decided to divorce.

Tom Cruise went down in the history of cinema as the representative of the role of a good guy who always saves the world from the bad guys. But is he really that good in real life?

It is common knowledge that Tom Cruise has been a Scientologist for 30 years. This teaching was founded by Ron Hubbard and was very popular around the world in the early 1990s. It was then that Cruz, through his first wife, Mimi Rogers, joined the Scientologists—and became more and more a believer every year. He lived with Mimi for three years (1987-1990) and broke up because he did not want to have children. By the way, Rogers herself accepted the faith thanks to her first husband, and after breaking up with Tom, she severed all ties with Scientology.

Cruise then married Nicole Kidman, who initially tolerated his views, but over the years Cruise began to distance himself from her. They broke up in 2001. One reason given was Kidman’s reluctance to renounce Catholicism for Scientology. Another is the absence of joint children. As subsequent events showed, both partners became parents, but already in new marriages.

After the divorce, Cruise dated actress Penelope Cruz for three years, and when they broke up, Scientologists decided to help him and found a new passion, but it did not work out.

Cruise then started dating Katie Holmes. She tried to turn the actor away from the sect, but despite six years of marriage and a common daughter, she did not succeed. She divorced Tom and declared that she finally felt free not only from him but also from his beliefs.

At the same time, it is strange that in childhood and youth Cruz himself was a Catholic and even studied at a church seminary! But it is obvious that in Catholicism it is difficult to reach great heights, while in the relatively new Scientology Tom rose very high in a few years. Perhaps this is the answer to the question of why they still hold to these particular beliefs.

Tom Cruise has two adopted children from his marriage to Nicole Kidman – Isabella Jane (1992) and Connor Anthony (1995) – and his own daughter Suri (2006) from his marriage to Katie Holmes. But there is a nuance: in fact, it recognizes only older children.

The reason is again in Scientology. Tom’s adopted children were happy to find their place in the sect, where the father occupies a high position. And when Connor decided to get married in 2019 and chose an equally enthusiastic girl, Cruise not only approved the marriage, but also strictly forbade Nicole Kidman to come to the wedding. She didn’t really communicate with Isabella and Connor for many years because she hadn’t started changing her religion.

Less fortunate was 14-year-old Suri, the actor’s own daughter. After her birth, there were rumors that she was conceived using Hubbard’s sperm and not Tom Cruise at all. But the actor sued the author of his unofficial biography, who allowed himself to make such an assumption. But the matter did not end there.

After his marriage to Katie Holmes broke up, Scientologists told Cruz that Suri was possessed by a demon. Since 2013, he hardly communicates with his daughter and has no right to meet her! However, neither Suri herself nor Katie are eager to meet Tom Cruise because of his excessive piety. It is clear that although the actor’s film career has not suffered because of Scientology, it is not so easy with personal relationships…

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