Last updated: Thursday, July 5, 2007
RUSSELL DEFENDS CRUISE MOVIE
LATEST: Veteran British director KEN RUSSELL is the latest moviemaker to leap to the defence of TOM CRUISE, insisting Germany's Defence Ministry is wrong to ban filming on military sites because of the actor's controversial Scientology beliefs.
KEN RUSSELL
Cruise is playing World War II hero Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg - who lead an unsuccessful plot to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler - in new film Valkyrie.
However, permission to shoot scenes on genuine army sites was denied last week (ends29Jun07) by the country's Defence Ministry - allegedly because Scientology is viewed as a "money-making cult" instead of legitimate church by the German government.
On Tuesday (03Jul07) German director Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck waded into the debate, urging his government to be more tolerant and reverse the ban - and Russell agrees.
Writing in British newspaper The Times he says, "It seems stretching it to make Cruise take the flak for his philosophy of choice while he seeks, with all sincerity and a huge amount of resources, to promote Germany's favourite son. Give the guy a break.
"Everybody knows Hollywood types are eccentric and daredevil weirdos, don't they? Where's the news in that?"
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Source: WENN
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