Katie Holmes makes Tom Cruise take dance classes with her
Tom Cruise has revealed his wife Katie Holmes makes him and their five-year-old daughter Suri go to family dance classes.
The 49-year-old actor – who has five-year-old daughter Suri with the actress – says his spouse is responsible for him agreeing to star in forthcoming movie musical ‘Rock of Ages’ because she is always trying to instil a love of the performing arts in her family.
He said: “You’re just as surprised as I am [that I'm in the movie]. Kate kept saying, ‘You’ve got to make a musical.’ The dancing of ['Tropic Thunder' character] Les Grossman is inspired because Kate is a dancer, she sings, and she would take us to dance classes.
“She would say, ‘I’ve got this dance class for the family, come on we’ve got to do it, we’ve got hip-hop class, we’ve got to do it.’ ”
Tom plays 80s rocker Stacee Jaxx in the movie – which also stars Alex Baldwin, Catherine Zeta Jones, Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough – and though the actor studied the musicians of the period, he insists his character is not based on anyone in particular.
He told MTV News: “I just kind of studied the whole time period and read a lot of books.”
Tom, Kat and Suri: Greetings from Brazil!
Giving a big wave to a crowd of fans and photographers, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Suri were spotted venturing out of their hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a trip to the beach on Saturday (January 31).
The “Top Gun” hunk and his “Dawson’s Creek” bride arrived at the famed Copacabana Palace Hotel the previous night, as they’re in town while Tom continues his worldwide press blitz for “Valkyrie”.
According to the Web site of the O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper, “Cruise plans to visit several tourist sites in and near Rio before giving a press conference on Tuesday.”
Following the press conference, TomKat will team up for a red carpet walk during the Brazilian premiere of “Valkyrie” before jetting out of town.