Tom Cruise Acknowledges His Bear Fan Base [Middle-age Spread]

Tom Cruise Acknowledges His Bear Fan Base [Middle-age Spread]
With preview scorecards rating his upcoming turn as a Hitler-hunting WWII war hero as "simply darling," and "eye-patch adorable! When and where can I get my kids a plush Col. Claus von Stauffenberg doll?" Tom Cruise has decided to take another drastic turn with his scrupulously managed big screen persona. A photo snapped on the set of Ben Stiller's superstar-cameo-packed Tropic Thunder reveals the actor has finally rid himself of his distracting Nazi bangs and SS uniform, replaced by a bald wig, prosthetic chest-fur collar, and a strap-on belly. (It bears mentioning that the latter is a mere enhancement, as his own doughy physique suggests one too many trips to Valkyrie's sauerbraten-and-strüdel-heavy cräft services table).

What industry watchers are interpreting as a self-lampooning and uncredited cameo done as a favor to his longtime friend and frequent caricaturist Stiller we fear is something far more foreboding: Realizing his days of selling himself as a viable action-hero draw are winding down, Cruise is now set on closing in on the same middle-aged, body-hair-heavy roles that typically go to Robin Williams.
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