I'm brave says Tom Cruise
2008-11-27 14:00
Los Angeles - Tom Cruise says he is "courageous".
The 46-year-old actor has revealed he discovered his brave side while portraying World War II German officer Claus Von Stauffenberg in new movie Valkyrie.
"Stauffenberg went from saying, 'Someone should shoot that bastard' to realising, 'I'm the only one who can do it'. You can't really know until you're under that kind of pressure.
"I'm not saying this in some chest-pounding way, but I do feel I'd have that kind of courage."
Tom, who has a two-year-old daughter Suri with wife Katie Holmes, also said he disregarded people's advice about starring in the movie, which sees him don a Nazi uniform.
"There's always someone telling you not to make a movie," he added to Details magazine, which featured him in their Annual Power List.
"When I did Born on the Fourth of July, they said, 'This is going to ruin your career. What are you doing?' Suicide? I've committed it. There were even people who didn't want me to make Top Gun." - Bang Showbiz.com
- Bang