In an interview with the latest issue of Newsweek, Steven Spielberg admits that he was bothered that Tom Cruise's "Oprah" appearance threatened to hijack the publicity for Spielberg's new $135 million movie "War of the Worlds".
"I was a little upset. I was a little upset--not at Tom, but at the press for making such a big deal out of a kind of small thing. Tom lost his cool because he was deliriously happy, and now he was being punished for his public display of happiness. ...On set, when we do a good shot, and we're both happy, we do a little celebration. What Tom did on 'Oprah' was exactly what Tom did with me when he first told me about Katie Holmes. But the press didn't like the way Tom bared his soul to Oprah" says the master movie director.
Spielberg also denies that the media attention on the Cruise and Holmes relationship forced a change in the publicity campaign for War of the Worlds. "People say, 'Oh, you didn't put Tom on the poster because of what happened.' No. The poster was designed in January, way before 'Oprah,' and my decision with all my films has been to use iconography on the posters. ...Tom was fine with that. It's the first time Tom has not been on a poster in his career, by the way."
A sneak peek at more from the issue can be found at The Movie Insider.
Thanks to 'Brian'.
