Tom Cruise attacked over Scientology at Valkyrie premiere

English co-stars in Tom Cruise's new film Valkyrie came to the Hollywood actor’s defence on Wednesday night when he was barracked by anti-Scientologist demonstrators at the film’s London premiere.

While Cruise (left) and his wife Katie Holmes (right) would not be drawn into the argument, Eddie Izzard, who plays a German officer in the film, said: "He is a Scientologist and that's fine and there are people who are Catholics and I have differences with what they think. Lots of people have different faiths. I personally don't believe in any organised Gods because I don't see any organisation in the way the world has progressed. I always think if there was a God he would have flicked Hitler's head off."

Cruise plays Claus von Stauffenberg who led a botched plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. Bill Nighy, who plays one of his co-onspirators, insisted that Cruise's faith was a non-issue, saying: "He was wonderful to work with, exemplary and I would have no idea what his system of belief was any more if he was a Jewish man or he had embraced Islam, any more than I would know what Eddie's thoughts on God were." Nighy added that Cruise was "a dreamy guy to do business with".

Meanwhile, Cruise has revealed that he is considering re-locating himself and his family to London, a move that may be prompted by a number of death threats he and his wife are reported to have received in the US. Said Cruise: "It would be a fantastic move. Katie and I think we'd love it here."

 
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